 In 1816, Hillesheim passed to the Grand Duchy of Hesse and was assigned in the time that followed first to the Alzey district and then in 1852 to the newly founded Oppenheim district.After the Second World War, Hillesheim, along with all Rhenish Hesse, belonged to the French zone of occupation, out of which the state of Rhineland-Palatinate arose in 1949.Since district reform in 1969, Hillesheim has belonged to the Mainz-Bingen district.