Gersheim

The municipality (Gemeinde Gersheim) consists of the villages The oldest known traces of human settlement are Celtic tumuli on several hilltops. The gaulic tribe of the Mediomatrici had its main settlement in this region at the site of modern town of Metz. Notable mediomatrician findings can be seen at the European Archaeological Park of Bliesbruck-Reinheim. Gaul later became part of the Roman Empire. After the fall of the empire in the Migration Period, the area was occupied by Germanic tribes who eventually formed a frankish kingdom. The ending 'heim' and 'weiler' of most of the village names in the region hints that they might be founded in the early medivian, Merovingian era. Under changing local noble rulers the villages became part of Lotharingia, Burgundy and the Spanish Netherlands over the medieval centuries.