 In 1793, the citizenry elected, instead of the "Schultheiß" Johannes Herd the local clergyman Dr. Karl Melchior Arand as "maire".During the short occupation in 1796, the French installed Wilhelm Jans as "agent municipal".Beginning in 1797, when Nackenheim would belong to France for 17 years, only an adjunct was in office at town hall; the "maire" sat in Bodenheim.