 The village was first referred to as a town in 1342 and was given imperially immediate, town-like rights until 1806.The demise of the "Ganerbschaft" began with the Sickingen Feud in 1523 and was accelerated by the Thirty Years' War.The place was destroyed in 1623 and 1627, a further destruction followed in 1645 during the Hesse War by Hesse-Darmstadt troops.