 Between 1825 and 1931, the building of the "Gaustraße" between Mainz and Worms brought good links to Rhenish Hesse’s cities.Dolgesheim was also thereby joined to the water (1907) and electricity (1913) networks early on.The council has since the municipal election held in 2004 been made up of 12 council members, 5 from the "Bürgerliste Dolgesheim" and 7 from the SPD.