Gerbach is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany .
7-612: The village is situated on the Appelbach in the North Palatinate Highlands northwest of the Donnersberg between Kaiserslautern and Bad Kreuznach. Gerbach also includes the residential areas Althof, Kahlenbergweiher, Köhlerhof and Schneebergerhof.[2] The Campingpark Pfalz is also located in the municipal area. The first documentary mention was made in 1192. Until the end of the 18th century Gerbach belonged to
14-406: A carnival club is very active in the community as well as a sports club (Soccer, Table Tennis, Aerobic). In the village there is the catholic church St. Michael. At Gerbach, there is the world's 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. At the end of 2013, a rotor blade came loose and crashed to
21-477: Is also responsible for Bayerfeld-Steckweiler, Dielkirchen, St. Alban, Ruppertsecken and Würzweiler. The L 385 and L 400 intersect in the village. The A 63 in the southeast connects to long-distance traffic. In Rockenhausen there is a train station of the Alsenztalbahn. Gerbach has a very traditional male choral society, founded in 1861. In 2011 there was an anniversary celebration (150 years). Furthermore,
28-705: The county of Falkenstein. In 1794 the left bank of the Rhine was occupied in the First Coalition War. From 1798 to 1814 Gerbach belonged to the canton of Kirchheim (also called Kirchheimbolanden) in the department of Donnersberg. As a result of the Congress of Vienna he was Bavarian from 1816 to 1945. After the Second World War, Gerbach was part of the French occupation zone and was incorporated into
35-506: The ground. This was caused by several cracked bolts on the rotor blade attachment. In May 2014, the turbine was put back into operation after being repaired. This Donnersbergkreis location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Donnersbergkreis The Donnersbergkreis is a district ( Kreis ) in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany . Neighboring districts are Bad Kreuznach , Alzey-Worms , Bad Dürkheim , Kaiserslautern , Kusel . The district
42-459: The newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1946. The municipal council in Gerbach consists of twelve council members who were elected in a majority vote at the local elections on 26 May 2019, and the honorary local mayor as chairman. Blasonation: "In gold on a green shield foot a green frog, behind it a willow with brown trunk and green foliage." In Gerbach there is a primary school which
49-665: Was created in 1969 by merging the districts Kirchheimbolanden and Rockenhausen . The district is located around the highest mountain of the Palatinate, the Donnersberg with 687 m above sea level. Both of the districts merged into the Donnersbergkreis had a wheel in their coat of arms, which are now also shown in the coat of arms of the new district. On the left is the red wheel of the Lords of Bolanden, taken from
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