Gerhardsbrunn

Gerhardsbrunn is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Bruchmühlbach -Miesau.

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Geography

The municipality is located on the Sickinger height between the Palatinate Forest and the Saar-Hunsrück. To Gerhardsbrunn also includes the hamlet Scharrhof and the living space scratching mill.

History

Gerhardsbrunn was first documented in 1560.

Religion

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Gerhardsbrunn consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " divided by red and silver, above a black escutcheon with five silver balls 2:1:2, beseitet each a vertical golden ear, below rotgefasster tube fountains with running water silver in the sign. "

It was approved in 1980 by the District Government Neustadt. The bullets refer to the previous local lords, the lords of SICKINGEN.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The nearest motorway junction is Bruchmühlbach -Miesau at the Federal Highway 6 Saarbrücken- Kaiserslautern, about 9 miles away.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Adam Müller (1814-1879), farmer and politician
  • Karl Munzinger (1866-1955), politician
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