 Wintersheim was assigned to the canton of Oppenheim.Wintersheim, Eimsheim and Dolgesheim were united in 1801 at the lowest level of French administration and were given a common mayoralty.With the adoption of the Act of German Confederation, Wintersheim passed with the third province, later known as the Province of Rhenish Hesse ("Provinz Rheinhessen"), to the Grand Duchy of Hesse.