What is Eppertshausen?
{{Infobox German Location |Name = Eppertshausen |German_name = |Art = Village |image_photo = |imagesize = |image_caption = |Wappen = Wappen Eppertshausen.svg |Wappengröße = |coordinates = {{coord|49|57|N|08|51|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |Karte = |Lageplan = Eppertshausen_in_DA.svg |Lageplanbeschreibung = |Bundesland = Hesse |Regierungsbezirk = Darmstadt |Landkreis = Darmstadt-Dieburg Rural District|Kreis = |Amt = |Gemeindeverwaltungsverband = |Samtgemeinde = |Verbandsgemeinde = |Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = |Verwaltungsverband = |Höhe = 144 |elevationmax = |Fläche = 13.11 |area_metro = |Einwohner = 5829 |pop_metro = |Stand = 31.12.2008 |pop_ref = |PLZ = 64859 |PLZ-alt = |Vorwahl = 06071 |Kfz = DA |Gemeindeschlüssel= 06432005 |NUTS = |LOCODE = |Gliederung = |Website = [http://www.eppertshausen.de/ www.eppertshausen.de] |Bürgermeister = Carsten Helfmann |Bürgermeistertitel = |Partei = CDU |ruling_party1 = CDU|ruling_party2 = |ruling_party3 = |year = |_noautocat = }} '''Eppertshausen''' is a [[municipality]] in the [[Darmstadt-Dieburg Rural District]] in the state of [[Hesse]], [[Germany]]. == Geography == Eppertshausen is located in the ''[[Rhine-Main area]]'' 15&nbsp;km northeast of [[Darmstadt]]. The whole area of the village is 13.11&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> large and it lies 130 – 190 m above [[sea level]].<ref>[http://www.babenhausen.de/ Homepage of the city of Babenhausen], looked up on 19 January 2010, German.</ref> It is a plain area with a few hills. About 35 to 20 million years ago in the age of [[tertiary]] the whole region was lying under sea level. At that time it was covered by an ocean which was warm and not very deep. Lots of [[sediment]]s sank to its bottom. Then the region rose again and the wa