A mental hospital was added in 1877 which was controversial if it would damage the image of the district. A year after the bombardment on November 27, 1944 a light railway was installed to transport the rubber of the destroyed buildings to the former gravel quarry "Flückinger". Today it is assumed that the remains of Phosphor in the bombs are the reason for the high amount of Phosphor in the "Flückingersee" which has arose there.