History of the City
Chronicles of the City of Mannheim
Arranged by the Stadtarchiv Mannheim - ISG
766
First mention of “Mannenheim” in connection with a donation in
the “Codex Laureshamensis”, the archive of the Lorsch Monastery.
The place name, like many Frankish settlements, is derived from a
person (Heim [home] of Manno; “Manno” is probably short for
Hartmannn or Hermann). Up until 899, more than 40 tenures of the
village of Mannheim were donated to the Lorsch Monastery – an
estimated total of approx. 620 acres of land (206 ha). 28 men, nine
women and six married couples are named as the donors.
1247
The Electoral Palatinate and the Electoral Mainz reach a
settlement on the Lorsch inheritance. The “villication”
(administrative centre) run in Mannheim by the Lorsch Monastery is
likely to be the reason for the Electoral Palatinate’s considerable
property ownership in Mannheim. No later than this time, but
probably since as early as 1160, Mannheim was reigned by the
Palatinate state. The village is largely shaped by agriculture and
livestock farming as well as by the Rhine toll.
1270
The two toll castles Rheinhausen and Eichelsheim, which are
situated near Mannheim, are destroyed by troops of the Archbishop
of Mainz. Once it is rebuilt, Burg Eichelsheim, which was formerly
situated on what is today known as the Stephanien bank, becomes the
region’s main toll point.
1287
The last documented mention of the village of Dorf Dornheim,
which was probably situated on the Feudenheim river Aubuckel. The
Dornheim march splits the villages of Käfertal and Mannheim, which
triggers a feud between the two of them which lasts for several
centuries.
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