 The Plague claimed two thirds of the town's population.The Thirty Years' War and the Seven Years' War asked the utmost of the townsfolk in terms of billeting and financial performance.From 1909 to 1914, the railway was built, the aqueduct special purpose association ("Wasserleitungszweckverband") was founded (Gemünden got a new, modern water supply) and a new school in Gemünden came into being.