September 26, 2019

VIA EDGAR AND E-MAIL

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Jessica Livingston

Re:German American Bancorp, Inc.

Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed September 18, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed September 26, 2019

File No. 333-233819

Dear Ms. Livingston:

In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, German American Bancorp, Inc. hereby respectfully requests that effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to 4:00 p.m. (EDT) on Monday, September 30, 2019, or as soon as practicable thereafter.

Please contact Bradley C. Arnett of Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP at (513) 455-7611 with any questions you may have regarding this request. In addition, please notify Mr. Arnett by telephone when this request for acceleration has been granted.

Sincerely,
GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
By:	/s/ Mark A. Schroeder
	Mark A. Schroeder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

cc:Bradley C. Arnett, Esq., Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP

Jeremy E. Hill, Esq., Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP