Gerbrunn

Gerbrunn
Gerbrunn
Municipality
	General view of Gerbrunn
	Coat of arms
	Location of Gerbrunn within Würzburg district
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	Coordinates: 49°46′31″N 9°59′37″E / 49.77528°N 9.99361°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Würzburg
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Stefan Wolfshörndl (SPD)
Area
• Total	4.58 km2 (1.77 sq mi)
Elevation	244 m (801 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	6,640
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	97218
Dialling codes	0931
Vehicle registration	WÜ
Website	www.gerbrunn.de

Gerbrunn is a municipality in the district of Würzburg in Bavaria in Germany. It is located about 3 km from Würzburg.

The name of the village stems from the contraction of the Althochdeutsche word Ger (throwing spear, because the village had originally the appearance of a spear) and Brunn (source, after the water source that is still flowing today near the city hall).

Another explanation does not trace the "Ger" in "Gerbrunn" to the throwing spear, but to an affluent Frankish aristocrat named Gerwine, who owned a water source in the area of Gerbrunn ("Gerwines Brunnen").^{[citation needed]} An alternative theory states that the "Ger" comes from the traditional local dish "Gerstrauß".^{[citation needed]}

History

In 1107 Gerbrunn was recognized for the first time in an official document. Gerbrunn became a part of the Hochstift Würzburg until 1803 when it was secularized and added to Bayern. In the Peace of Preßburg (1805) archduke Ferdinand von Toskana made it a part of the Grand Duchy of Würzburg. The Grand Duchy itself was added to Bayern in 1814. In the wake of administration reformation in Bayern, the current community was formed with the municipal edict of 1818.

Coat of arms

The arms of Gerbrunn consists of three parts: the left upper part include the symbol of Castell (Unterfranken), right above the symbol of the Frankish Empire is shown; below the source is pictured. The coat of arms also functions as the logo of local sports club TSV Gerbrunn.

References

^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).

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[1] Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.

[2] Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).

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