Laumersheim

Laumersheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It lies in the northwest part of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration.GeographyLocationThis municipality lies in the historical Leiningerland on the Eckbach valley floodplain. The landscape is characterized by a hilly transitional zone between low mountains and a plain. To the west rises the Haardt at the Palatinate Forest’s eastern edge, and in the east stretches the Upper Rhine Plain.Neighbouring municipalitiesClockwise from the northwest, Laumersheim is bordered by Obersülzen, Dirmstein in the northeast, Gerolsheim in the southeast and Großkarlbach in the southwest. Each lies roughly 2 km away and belongs, like Laumersheim, to the Verbandsgemeinde of Grünstadt-Land, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.HistoryIn the late 8th century, Laumersheim had its first written mention as Liutmarsheim. In 1155, the village passed to the Counts of Palatine, who at that time were of the House of Hohenstaufen, who then enfeoffed {entitled} 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.