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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-22-007802
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220715
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220720
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220720

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Bawel Zachary W
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001746448

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15877
		FILM NUMBER:		221093908

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		711 MAIN STREET BOX 810
		CITY:			JASPER
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			47546

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000714395
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				351547518
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		711 MAIN ST
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 810
		CITY:			JASPER
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			47546
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8124821314

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		711 MAIN STREET
		CITY:			JASPER
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			47546

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950510

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GAB BANCORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950510
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        <issuerName>GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GABC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Bawel Zachary W</rptOwnerName>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-07-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate>
                <value>2022-07-19</value>
            </deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>583</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>34.29</value>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>12695</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes shares acquired pursuant to the Company's dividend reinvestment plan</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ D. Neil Dauby, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-07-20</signatureDate>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="center"><b>LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8.333px; padding-left:7.4px; text-indent:40.6px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of D. Neil Dauby, Bradley M. Rust, Terri A. Eckerle and Tyan Mullen, or any of them acting singly and with full power of substitution, the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:25.733px; width:49.733px; font-size:11.5pt; float:left">1.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8.333px; padding-left:49.733px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s capacity as an officer or director or both of German American Bancorp, Inc. (the <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font>Company<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>), Forms 3, 4 and 5 (and any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font>Exchange Act<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>), and the rules thereunder;</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:25.733px; width:49.733px; font-size:11.5pt; clear:left; float:left">2.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8.333px; padding-left:49.733px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font>SEC<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>), including without limitation the filing of a Form ID or any other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the undersigned to file the Forms 3, 4 and 5 electronically with the SEC; and</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:25.733px; width:49.733px; font-size:11.5pt; clear:left; float:left">3.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16.667px; padding-left:49.733px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">take any other action in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by or for, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s discretion.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16.667px; padding-left:7.4px; text-indent:40.6px; font-size:12pt; clear:left" align="justify">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever required, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16.667px; padding-left:7.4px; text-indent:40.6px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request and on the behalf of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s responsibilities to comply with, or any liability for the failure to comply with, any provision of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16.667px; padding-left:7.4px; text-indent:40.6px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:7.4px; font-size:12pt" align="center">[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:7.4px; text-indent:40.6px; font-size:12pt">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power of Attorney as of this __25th___ day of _April___, 2022___.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:336px; font-size:12pt">Signed and acknowledged:</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:336px; font-size:12pt"><u>/s/ Zachary W. Bawel</u></p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:336px; font-size:12pt">Signature</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:336px; font-size:12pt"><u>Zachary W. Bawel</u></p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:336px; font-size:12pt">Printed Name</p>
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