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{{Infobox German location
|image_coa            = Wappen gebroth.jpg
|coordinates       = {{coord|49|52|45|N|07|39|36|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Gebroth in KH.svg
|state        = Rheinland-Pfalz
|district         = Bad Kreuznach
|Verbandsgemeinde  = Rüdesheim
|elevation              = 360
|area            = 2.36
|postal_code               = 55595
|area_code           = 06756
|licence               = KH
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 33 033
|website           = [http://www.gebroth.eu/ www.gebroth.eu]
|mayor             = Jürgen Klitzke<ref name=mayor>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1330000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 2 August 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2019&ndash;24
}}
'''Gebroth''' is an ''[[Ortsgemeinde (Germany)|Ortsgemeinde]]'' – a [[Municipalities of Germany|municipality]] belonging to a ''[[Verbandsgemeinde]]'', a kind of collective municipality – in the [[Bad Kreuznach (district)|Bad Kreuznach]] [[Districts of Germany|district]] in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Germany]]. It belongs to the [[Rüdesheim (Verbandsgemeinde)|''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Rüdesheim]], whose seat is in the municipality of [[Rüdesheim an der Nahe]]. Gebroth is a state-recognized [[tourism]] community and a member of the Soonwald-Nahe Nature Park sponsorship association.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gebroth.eu/2009/0498e39c0f096cf04/index.html |title=Municipality |access-date=2013-10-04 |archive-date=2013-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005004814/http://www.gebroth.eu/2009/0498e39c0f096cf04/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Geography==
===Location===
Gebroth lies on the upper reaches of the Ellerbach in the southern [[Hunsrück]] between the Soonwald and the Gauchswald at an elevation of some 360&nbsp;m above [[sea level]]. The municipal area measures 236&nbsp;ha, of which 18&nbsp;ha is wooded.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vg-ruedesheim.de/vg_ruedesheim/Ortsgemeinden/Gebroth/ |title=Location |access-date=2013-10-04 |archive-date=2013-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004220205/http://www.vg-ruedesheim.de/vg_ruedesheim/Ortsgemeinden/Gebroth/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Gebroth lies in the middle of the Soonwald-Nahe Nature Park.
===Neighbouring municipalities===
Clockwise from the north, Gebroth’s neighbours are the municipalities of [[Spall]], [[Allenfeld]], [[Winterburg]] and [[Winterbach, Bad Kreuznach|Winterbach]], all of which likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district.
==History==
In 1211, Gebroth had its first documentary mention in the directory of holdings kept by [[Eberbach Abbey]] in the [[Rheingau]] when Hermann Brucho transferred to the [[Catholic Church|Church]] land that he had acquired from two vassals from ''Gebehardisrodte''. It can be assumed that this swathe of land had already been settled in [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] times, bearing witness to which are several [[Archaeology|archaeological]] finds. An old [[Roman roads|Roman road]] led through the village, coming from [[Bad Kreuznach|Kreuznach]] and leading onwards to [[Trier]] and [[Simmern]]. Beginning in 1226, Gebroth belonged to the “Hinder” [[County of Sponheim]] and passed in 1437, together with the tradition-rich ''[[Amt (country subdivision)|Amt]]'' of Winterburg, to the [[Margraviate of Baden]]. From the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]] onwards, Gebroth was the parish seat for several surrounding municipalities. In the middle of the village, on a rocky knoll, a [[church (building)|church]] was built in 1580 and was girded by a defensive wall. In 1906, this church, which had fallen into disrepair, was replaced with a new one. Next to the church stands the old rectory, which dates from 1760. Today, the parish is known as Gebroth-Winterburg, and is currently tended by a woman pastor who lives in [[Bockenau]]. Towards the end of the 16th century, there was already a [[school]] in Gebroth that was attended almost exclusively by boys. On the occasion of a visit by the then school inspector, named Jakobi, in 1592, he reported that a fine school had been established in Gebroth and that it was a joy to see it. Until 1968, the municipality had a [[Primary school|primary]] [[one-room school]]house, whereafter it was dissolved. The building was then sold and torn down. Quite early on, the municipality sold its forest and grazing rights in the Soonwald to the [[German Empire|state]] so that it could build its own water supply system, which with additions and renovations to some parts is still in use today. The [[Sanitary sewer|sewer]] network with mechanical [[sewage treatment]] plant was built in 1960. Gebroth is nowadays linked to the Ellerbachtal sewage treatment plant. In the course of administrative restructuring in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], Gebroth was grouped into the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Rüdesheim in 1970.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gebroth.eu/2009/0498e39c0f096dc06/index.html |title=History |access-date=2013-10-04 |archive-date=2013-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002253/http://www.gebroth.eu/2009/0498e39c0f096dc06/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Population development===
Gebroth’s population development since [[Napoleon]]ic times is shown in the table below. The figures for the years from 1871 to 1987 are drawn from census data:<ref name="regionaldaten">[http://www.infothek.statistik.rlp.de/neu/MeineHeimat/detailInfo.aspx?topic=8191&ID=3537&key=0713306048&l=3 Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Regionaldaten]</ref>
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! Year !! Inhabitants
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| 1815 || align="right" | 211
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| 1835 || align="right" | 279
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| 1871 || align="right" | 334
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| 1905 || align="right" | 259
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| 1939 || align="right" | 203
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! Year !! Inhabitants
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| 1950 || align="right" | 230
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| 1961 || align="right" | 210
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| 1970 || align="right" | 207
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| 1987 || align="right" | 144
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| 2005 || align="right" | 172
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==Religion==
As at 30 September 2013, there are 162 full-time residents in Gebroth, and of those, 93 are [[Evangelical Church in Germany|Evangelical]] (57.407%), 39 are [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] (24.074%), 2 (1.235%) belong to other religious groups and 28 (17.284%) either have no religion or will not reveal their religious affiliation.<ref>[http://www.ewois.de/Statistik/user/htmlgen.php?stichtag=30.09.2013&ags=13306033&type=OG&linkags=0713306033 Religion]</ref>
==Politics==
===Municipal council===
The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by [[Plurality voting system|majority vote]] at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.<ref>[http://wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/1330603300.html Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat]</ref>
===Mayor===
Gebroth’s mayor is Jürgen Klitzke.<ref name=mayor/>
===Coat of arms===
The municipality’s [[Coat of arms|arms]] might be described thus: Chequy of twenty gules and argent two hoes in saltire, the blades to chief, sable.
==Culture and sightseeing==
===Buildings===
The following are listed buildings or sites in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:<ref>[http://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Bad_Kreuznach.pdf Directory of Cultural Monuments in Bad Kreuznach district]</ref>
* [[Evangelical Church in Germany|Evangelical]] [[church (building)|church]], Schulstraße 5 – [[aisleless church]], Romanesquified Heimatstil, marked 1906, Government Master Builder August Senz, [[Cologne]]
* Schulstraße 7 – Evangelical rectory; [[Baroque architecture|Late Baroque]] solid building, partly slated [[timber framing]], marked 1760, abutting former commercial building resembling estate complex along the street
===Church===
From the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]] onwards, Gebroth was the parish seat for a number of surrounding villages. Built in 1580 on a rocky knoll in the middle of the village was a [[church (building)|church]], ringed by a defensive wall. In 1906, this old [[round church]], which had fallen into disrepair after being damaged in a fire, was replaced with a new one.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gebroth.eu/2009/0498e39c0f096ec08/index.html |title=Church |access-date=2013-10-04 |archive-date=2013-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000221/http://www.gebroth.eu/2009/0498e39c0f096ec08/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Clubs===
The following clubs are currently active in Gebroth:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gebroth.eu/2009/0498e39c0f096f30a/index.html |title=Vereine |access-date=2013-10-04 |archive-date=2013-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004222415/http://www.gebroth.eu/2009/0498e39c0f096f30a/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*''Freiwillige Feuerwehr'' — volunteer [[fire brigade]]
*''Hundezucht'' — [[dog breeding]] club
*''Kirchenchor'' — church [[choir]]
*''Männerchor'' — men’s choir
*''Rassegeflügelzüchter'' — club for breeding poultry breeds
**Found in Gebroth is the seat of the regional association of poultry “breed breeders” for Rhine-Moselle-Nahe-Hünsrück.
*''Reit-, Fahr- und Zuchtverein Ellerbachtal [[Eingetragener Verein|e.V.]]'' — club for riding and horse breeding
===Regular events===
At the one farm in Gebroth that has given itself over to [[Equestrianism|riding]], a riding club has arisen, and each year there are riding and [[show jumping]] tournaments that are well known and popular far and wide.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gebroth.eu/2009/0498e39c0f096dc06/index.html |title=Regular events |access-date=2013-10-04 |archive-date=2013-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002253/http://www.gebroth.eu/2009/0498e39c0f096dc06/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Economy and infrastructure==
===Economic structure===
Gebroth is a small municipality with fewer than 200 inhabitants. Nonetheless, it has all the necessary public institutions, although unfortunately there are no longer any shops. Villagers can be supplied with everyday needs by mobile dealers in such things as [[Baking|baked goods]], [[Grocery store|groceries]], [[fruit]]s, [[vegetable]]s and [[meat]]. Over the years, the municipality has undergone a shift from a purely [[Agriculture|agricultural]] orientation to a more residential one. There are only three farms left that are run as main sources of income, but one of these has dedicated itself wholly to [[equestrianism]]. A great number of the inhabitants who are in the workforce must [[Commuting|commute]] to work each day, mostly to [[Bad Kreuznach]] or [[Mainz]], but a few even go as far as [[Frankfurt]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gebroth.eu/2009/0498e39c0f096dc06/index.html |title=Economic structure |access-date=2013-10-04 |archive-date=2013-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002253/http://www.gebroth.eu/2009/0498e39c0f096dc06/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Education===
There is no longer a school of any kind in Gebroth. The old school was dissolved in 1968. [[Primary school]] pupils now go to school in [[Wallhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate|Wallhausen]], as do older students, as that municipality has a [[Regionale Schule|Regionalschule]]. There are also other schools in [[Hargesheim]] and [[Bad Kreuznach]]. The [[kindergarten]] in [[Winterbach, Bad Kreuznach|Winterbach]] is also intended for children from Gebroth.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gebroth.eu/2009/0498e39c0f096dc06/index.html |title=Education |access-date=2013-10-04 |archive-date=2013-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002253/http://www.gebroth.eu/2009/0498e39c0f096dc06/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Transport===
Running through Gebroth are ''[[Kreisstraße]]n'' 26 and 27. These are part of a road network that  links the village to main highways, but these lie quite far away, with ''[[Bundesstraße]]'' 41 running by some 7&nbsp;km to the south and ''Bundesstraße'' 50 meeting the [[Autobahn]] [[Bundesautobahn 61|A&nbsp;61]] at [[Rheinböllen]] some 13&nbsp;km to the north. Serving nearby [[Bad Sobernheim]] is a railway station on the [[Nahe Valley Railway]] ([[Bingen am Rhein|Bingen]]–[[Saarbrücken]]).
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.gebroth.eu/ Municipality’s official webpage] {{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.swr.de/landesschau-rp/hierzuland/-/id=100766/nid=100766/did=2352524/1jotpec/ Brief portrait of Gebroth with film at] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008211915/http://www.swr.de/landesschau-rp/hierzuland/-/id=100766/nid=100766/did=2352524/1jotpec/ |date=2013-10-08 }} [[SWR Fernsehen]] {{in lang|de}}
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