This came about through the sponsorship arrangement for those ethnic Germans driven out of the communities of Jívová (formerly Giebau), Pohorsch, Weska and Hraničné Petrovice (Petersdorf bei Giebau), who then settled in Lorsch.
V poznem 12. stoletju, poročajo stare listine, je bil poskus, da bi reorganizirali upravo ("Lorsch codex").