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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.
This municipality lies in the historical Leiningerland (the lands once held by the Counts of Leiningen) 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.
Clockwise 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 Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.
In 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.
In 1364, Laumersheim was granted town rights by Emperor Charles IV, but then lost these rights in 1422. Later, when the place was again raised to town status, it was also fortified. These walls are no longer standing, as they were thoroughly razed in 1525 in the German Peasants' War and further demolished in 1689 by the French in the Nine Years' War (known in Germany as the Pfälzischer Erbfolgekrieg, or War of the Palatine Succession). Only some remnants of a moated castle from the 15th century belonging to the Lords of Flersheim remain.
The municipality belonged to the district of Frankenthal until 1969, when the district was abolished. Laumersheim was then assigned to the newly created district of Bad Dürkheim. Three years later, it was reassigned to the likewise newly created Verbandsgemeinde of Grünstadt-Land.
In 2007, 49.2% of the inhabitants were Evangelical and 27.7% Catholic. The rest belonged to other faiths or claimed none.
Laumersheim is home to a Catholic cemetery in the Diocese of Speyer.
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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.
This municipality lies in the historical Leiningerland (the lands once held by the Counts of Leiningen) 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.
Clockwise 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 Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.
In 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.
In 1364, Laumersheim was granted town rights by Emperor Charles IV, but then lost these rights in 1422. Later, when the place was again raised to town status, it was also fortified. These walls are no longer standing, as they were thoroughly razed in 1525 in the German Peasants' War and further demolished in 1689 by the French in the Nine Years' War (known in Germany as the Pfälzischer Erbfolgekrieg, or War of the Palatine Succession). Only some remnants of a moated castle from the 15th century belonging to the Lords of Flersheim remain.
The municipality belonged to the district of Frankenthal until 1969, when the district was abolished. Laumersheim was then assigned to the newly created district of Bad Dürkheim. Three years later, it was reassigned to the likewise newly created Verbandsgemeinde of Grünstadt-Land.
In 2007, 49.2% of the inhabitants were Evangelical and 27.7% Catholic. The rest belonged to other faiths or claimed none.
Laumersheim is home to a Catholic cemetery in the Diocese of Speyer.
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