It was first mentioned as Gusibach and as belonging to the royal court at Hallstadt in an Imperial document issued between 812 and 830.

After Breitengüßbach's first mention as Gusibach in the early 9th century (about 812) and as being owned by the royal court at Hallstadt, Emperor Heinrich II donated the royal court along with Güßbach upon the founding of the Bishopric of Bamberg in 1007 to the Bamberg Church as the bishop's demesne.

The Güßbachers gave themselves a new village constitution in 1594, laying the basis for the community's administration for centuries to come.

In the Thirty Years' War, on 8 February 1633, half of Güßbach was left in rubble and ashes.

By converting the former schoolhouse in the middle of the community into a town hall in 1979, the basis was laid for an administration close to the townsfolk.

The community furthermore has these outlying centres, each given here with its own population figure: The first mayor is Sigrid Reinfelder from the Unabhängiger Bürgerblock (UBB).

The flanking field shows the arms once borne by the von Gusbach noble family who lived in Breitengüßbach, but who died out in the 15th century.