ine b ene ▁( “ In gel heim ▁Rh ine ▁P lain ” ) ▁on ▁the ▁terra ces ▁at ▁the ▁R hen ish ▁H esse ▁West ▁Pl ate au , ▁into ▁whose ▁varied ▁soil ▁structure ▁the ▁“ Ge o - E colog ical ▁Te aching ▁Path ” ▁on ▁the ▁West er berg ▁s lop es ▁allows ▁a ▁g limp se . ▁Through ▁the ▁municipal ▁area ▁flows ▁the ▁Wel z bach . ▁ ▁Ne igh bour ing ▁municipal ities ▁ ▁C lock wise ▁from ▁the ▁north , ▁these ▁are ▁In gel heim , ▁App en heim , ▁O cken heim ▁and ▁B ingen . ▁ ▁Const itu ent ▁communities ▁ ▁G au - Al ges heim ' s ▁Stadt te ile ▁are ▁G au - Al ges heim ▁and ▁La uren zi berg . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁In ▁Roman ▁times ▁this ▁was ▁a ▁border ▁area , ▁but ▁already ▁by ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁it ▁had ▁grown ▁into ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Holy ▁Roman ▁Empire ’ s ▁heart land . ▁ ▁Before ▁the ▁town ’ s ▁first ▁document ary ▁mention ▁in ▁the ▁Lor sch ▁code x ▁in ▁ 7 6 6 , ▁Al ag ast es heim ▁may ▁already ▁have ▁had ▁more ▁than ▁two ▁centuries ▁of ▁history ▁behind ▁it . ▁The ▁documents ▁about ▁Al ag ast es heim ▁and ▁Ber gen ▁( La uren zi berg ) ▁in ▁the ▁lists ▁of ▁hold ings ▁from ▁the ▁Lor sch ▁and ▁Ful da ▁Ab be ys ▁beginning ▁in ▁ 7 6 6 - 7 6 7 ▁allow ▁infer ences