A new settlement (called "Die Siedlung") between the villages Crumbach and Ochsenhausen was planned in 1919 and realized partially in the late 1930s by the architect Hannsgeorg Oechler.

The factory was badly damaged in World War II and never rebuilt, while the village of Vollmarshausen remained completely undamaged.

This changed after 1945 with refugees and workers from other parts of Germany and Europe, today there exists also a large catholic community.

In 1975 the incorporation failed after the resistance of the citizens of Lohfelden, but the community had to cede some boundaries to Kassel.

Both cities made a treaty of cooperation they built together industrial areas, and for 30 years Lohfelden get the mayority of local taxes (today they are shared).