Laumersheim - History

History

In the late 8th century, Laumersheim had its first documentary mention as Liutmarsheim. In 1155, the village passed to the Counts Palatine, who at that time were of the House of Hohenstaufen, who then enfeoffed the Counts of Leiningen with it. From 1255, the Lords of Lumersheim emerged as land owners. Moreover, this title was held over time by the Lords of Randeck, the Lords of Löwenstein, the Lords of Flersheim, Electorate of the Palatinate and the Prince-Bishopric of Worms.

In 1364, Laumersheim was granted town rights by Emperor Charles IV, but lost these 1422. When the place was raised to town status, it was also fortified. These walls are no longer present, as they were thoroughly razed in 1525 in the German Peasants' War and in 1689 by the French in the Nine Years' War (known in Germany as the Pfälzischer Erbfolgekrieg, or War of the Palatine Succession). Only remnants of a moated castle from the 15th century belonging to the Lords of Flersheim are left now.

The municipality belonged to the district of Frankenthal until 1969, when the district was abolished. Laumersheim was then assigned to the newly created district of Bad Dürkheim. Three years later it was assigned to the likewise newly created Verbandsgemeinde of Grünstadt-Land.