sentences:  The Offenbach Monastery and the old Hirsau Church ("Hirsauer Kirche", the ancient church mentioned above) give a clue that the "Eßweiler Tal" was originally a monastic "Vogtei" region.The record shows that in 1150, the estates in Aschbach, Hachenbach and Hirsau were donated to the Offenbach Monastery by Reinfried von Rüdesheim as a provost’s realm of Saint Vincent’s Abbey in Metz; the Archbishop of Mainz confirmed this donation in 1289.Hirsau was until the 16th century a parish covering the whole Dale.