overlords were the Wolfskehlers, and later the Katzenelnbogen family. In 1536, Leeheim became Evangelical, and in the Thirty Years' War, more than 70% of the village was destroyed. In 1666, almost half the inhabitants lost their lives to the Plague. In earlier times, Leeheim developed itself from a farming village into a workers' residential village with recreational lands on the Riedsee, a nearby lake, and a golf course. Wolfskehlen Wolfskehlen is Riedstadt's northernmost constituent community. It was first mentioned in the document Historia Episcopatus Wormatiensis in 1002 in which Emperor Heinrich II granted Bishop Burchard of Worms the rights in the Forest of Forehahi. In 1252, the Lords of Wolfskehlen, who had taken their name from the village, sold Neuwolfskehlen Castle to the Archbishop of Mainz. In 1539, Barbara von Wolfskehlen wed Eberhard von Gemmingen-Hornberg, who introduced the Reformation into Wolfskehlen. In 1579, the Mainz Palatinate (Kurmainz) ceded its rights to the Landgraves of Hesse. During the Thirty Years' War, and through the Plague, almost the whole population was killed; the reconstruction began in the 18th century. From 1868 to 1878, the building of the Mannheim–Frankfurt railway brought the dissolution of the village's purely agricultural structure. After the Second World War, the village absorbed about 800 refugees. Population development Each time at 31 December 1998 – 20,050 1999 – 20,393 2000 – 20,576 2001 – 20,805 2002 – 20,984 2003 – 21,167 2004 – 21,362 2005 – 21,707 2006 – 21.728 2011 – 21.597 2014 – 22.530 2015 – 23.289 Mayors The mayor was since 1993 Gerald Kummer, SPD. He was reelected in 2005. In January 2011, Werner Amend (independent) was voted as the new mayor. In November 2016 Marcus Kretschmann (CDU) was elected, who will come into office in April 2017. Politics Municipal council Municipal council consists of 37 seats. At the last election on 6 March 2016, the seats were apportioned thus: CDU 11 seats SPD 14 seats Linke 2 seats GLR 4 seats FW 6 seats Town partnerships Riedstadt maintains partnership links with the following places: Brienne-le-Château, France, since 1979 Sortino, Italy Tauragė, Lithuania Notable people Georg Büchner (1813–1837), German writer and revolutionary Peter Reuter (born 1955), PhD in clinical biochemistry, MD, author of multiple medical dictionaries Guenther Roth (born 1931), sociologist, journalist, book author, leading American scholar on Max Weber Sundry In August 1984, the remains of an ice age mammal were unearthed at a gravel