Gerbrunn

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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 / 49.77528; 9.99361
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Würzburg
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Stefan Wolfshörndl[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	4.58 km2 (1.77 sq mi)
Elevation	244 m (801 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• 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]}