The wine-growing community of Schornsheim was first mentioned in 782 AD in a deed of gift from Charlemagne to the Hersfeld monastery. He donated his Schornsheim treasury, including the church and land, to "Saint Lioba" as a retirement home. She is one of the most important women of the Middle Ages. Although Lioba of Tauberbischofsheim only lived in Schornsheim for a few months until her death, she is still very much present here today. She stands as a bronze Benedictine abbess in the middle of the village square, surrounded by an artificial stream. At her feet - also made of bronze - is a sewing machine. It symbolises the long tradition of many Schornsheim tailor families who worked for large factories in Mainz, Worms and Darmstadt.
