Through many sales and donations, Gerach passed through many hands over the following centuries, belonging for a while to the Lords of Schaumburg, and those of Rotenhan.

The community council is made up of 8 members, listed here by party or voter community affiliation, and also with the number of seats that each hold, since the 2020 local elections:[3] In 1999, municipal tax revenue, converted to euros, amounted to €506,000 of which business taxes (net) amounted to €173,000.

The Late Romanesque Kirche Sankt Vitus is said to be one of Franconia’s oldest churches and parts of it date from the 12th century.

When touring the village, one can see historic timber-frame houses, stone field crosses and Felsenkeller (“cliff cellars”) in the sandstone hill.

Gerach took part successfully many times in the contest Unser Dorf soll schöner werden (“Our village ought to become lovelier”).