 The former Electoral Mainz "Amt" passed in 1803 to Prince Primate von Dalberg’s newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg, with which it passed in 1814 (by this time it had become a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt) to the Kingdom of Bavaria.In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current municipality came into being with the "Gemeindeedikt" (“Municipal Edict”) of 1818.650 years of holding town rights were celebrated in 2005.