 Founded in the 5th century by Frankish tribes, the place known as "Dulgisheim" had its first documentary mention in 769 with a donation to the Lorsch Abbey.At this time, a Theo und Unsetz donated 2 morgens of cropland “"in pago Wormat in Dulgisheimer Mark"”.Early on, Dolgesheim belonged to the Counts of Leiningen, but passed in 1816 to the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt.