It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wöllstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

At 39% of the weather stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.

In 738, Gumbsheim had its first documentary mention as Gimminsheim in a document from Lorsch Abbey.

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The German blazon accompanying the file used in this article (Von Blau und Rot durch einen goldenen Schräglinksbalken, belegt mit drei grünen Trauben, geteilt, oben ein silberner, rot gezungter und ebenso bekrönter nach links sehender Löwenkopf, unten ein silbernes sechsspeichiges Rad) makes no mention at all of the border around the escutcheon bearing the municipality's name.