 It prospered until a new route from Lohr to Aschaffenburg via Hain (now part of Laufach) was established.In 1854, the Ludwig Western Railway was built, shifting transit traffic to the railway.The inn that served as mail station ("Zur Post") was visited in 1826 by Wilhelm Hauff and is one of several possible inspirations for the inn in his novella "Das Wirtshaus im Spessart", later to become a successful film ("The Spessart Inn").