Gerbrunn is a

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in the district of

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. It is located about 3 km from

. 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

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aristocrat named Gerwine, who owned a water source in the area of Gerbrunn ("Gerwines Brunnen").

History

In 1107 Gerbrunn was recognized for the first time in an official document. Gerbrunn became a part of the ''

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'' Würzburg until 1803 when it was secularized and added to

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. In the Peace of Preßburg (1805) archduke Ferdinand von Toskana made it a part of the

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. 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

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, right above the symbol of the

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is shown; below the source is pictured. The coat of arms also functions as the logo of local sports club TSV Gerbrunn.

References

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