Ghimbav (German: Weidenbach; Hungarian: Vidombák) is a town in Brașov County, Transylvania, central Romania.

The town is situated in the southern part of the Transylvanian Plateau, at an altitude of 559 m (1,834 ft), on the banks of the river Ghimbășel.

He advised the inhabitants of Weidenbach/Ghimbav to join their forces together with the people living in three other neighboring Saxon villages (Petersberg/Sânpetru, Honigberg/Hărman and Brenndorf/Bod) and contribute to the construction of the stone fortress of Brașov.

In 1611 the Hungarian prince Gabriel Báthory set fire to several villages in Burzenland (Țara Bârsei); Ghimbav was one of them.

The 206th Artillery Battalion "General Mihail Lăcătușu" of the 2nd Mountain Troops Brigade is garrisoned in Ghimbav.