Gerbach

Gerbach
Coat of arms
Gerbach
Location of Gerbach within Donnersbergkreis district
Coordinates: 49°40′24.82″N 7°52′14.4″E / 49.6735611°N 7.870667°E / 49.6735611; 7.870667Coordinates: 49°40′24.82″N 7°52′14.4″E / 49.6735611°N 7.870667°E / 49.6735611; 7.870667
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Donnersbergkreis
Municipal assoc.	Rockenhausen
Government
• Mayor	Klaus Hofmann
Area
• Total	7.32 km2 (2.83 sq mi)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
• Total	556
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	67813
Dialling codes	06361
Vehicle registration	KIB
Website	rockenhausen.de

Gerbach is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

At Gerbach, there is the worlds most powerful wind turbine, an Enercon E-126 with axis height of 135 metres and rotor diameter of 127 metres with a generation capacity of 7.5 MW.

The first documented mention is dated 1192. Gerbach is also called "Klää Paris" (little Paris), as during the french revolution Gerbach had a high density of bars, just like Paris.

Gerbach has a very traditional male choral society, founded in 1861. In 2011 there was an anniversary celebration (150 years). Furthermore a carnival club is very active in the community as well as a sports club (Soccer, Table Tennis, Aerobic).

Towns and municipalities in Donnersbergkreis Albisheim Alsenz Bayerfeld-Steckweiler Bennhausen Biedesheim Bischheim Bisterschied Bolanden Börrstadt Breunigweiler Bubenheim Dannenfels Dielkirchen Dörrmoschel Dreisen Einselthum Eisenberg Falkenstein Finkenbach-Gersweiler Gauersheim Gaugrehweiler Gehrweiler Gerbach Göllheim Gonbach Gundersweiler Höringen Ilbesheim Immesheim Imsbach Imsweiler Jakobsweiler Kalkofen Katzenbach Kerzenheim Kirchheimbolanden Kriegsfeld Lautersheim Lohnsfeld Mannweiler-Cölln Marnheim Morschheim Mörsfeld Münchweiler an der Alsenz Münsterappel Niederhausen an der Appel Niedermoschel Oberhausen an der Appel Obermoschel Oberndorf Oberwiesen Orbis Ottersheim Ramsen Ransweiler Rathskirchen Reichsthal Rittersheim Rockenhausen Ruppertsecken Rüssingen Sankt Alban Schiersfeld Schönborn Schweisweiler Seelen Sippersfeld Sitters Stahlberg Standenbühl Steinbach am Donnersberg Stetten Teschenmoschel Unkenbach Waldgrehweiler Wartenberg-Rohrbach Weitersweiler Winnweiler Winterborn Würzweiler Zellertal

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