sentences:  The hostels in the dale that the agreement also mentions and the non-resident lower nobility’s "Burgmann" politics, known to have characterized the Late Middle Ages, point to an infrastructure that fit the conditions that then prevailed, with the attendant population development.Though Grumbach’s rise to town might not have ensured any growth beyond what is above outlined, serfdom was abolished here only in 1708.Apart from the Plague year 1632, nothing is known about the effects of the Thirty Years' War on Grumbach, but France’s "Politique des Réunions" hindered any population growth by plunging the area into continual military conflict.