in 1278, the patrician from gelnhausen irmgard ungefüge took over the geiselbach vogtei with the villages of geiselbach, omersbach and hofstädten. in three documents from 25 may 1278 it was agreed between the seligenstadt abbey and madam irmgard that the abbey could reacquire all rights from her in better times. even before the turn of the century, in 1290, sir erpho von orb was once again named the vogt in geiselbach.