sentences:  Originally, the village belonged to the Nahegau, and after this was partitioned about 1130, it then passed into the ownership of the Waldgraves of Kyrburg (near Kirn).Later ownership arrangements are not always easy to discern.Kappeln's first documentary mention in 1319 (in which it is called "Cappellen") dealt with a dispute between two Waldgravial houses over a claim to a series of villages from the court (judicial district) of Grumbach.