sentences:  Belonging to the parish of Konken as early as 1538 were, besides Konken, also Herschweiler-Pettersheim, Langenbach, Krottelbach (about half the members), Albessen, Herchweiler and Unterselchenbach.The 1575 ecclesiastical visitation, which named "Veitin von Pedershym" as one of the "censors" (presbyters), consisted mainly of complaints about the state of the church building (badly roofed, rotten beams, no glass windows).On the bright side, however, the parishioners were found to be well enough grounded in Catechism.