sentences:  The domain beyond the Judenbach originally belonged to the Nahegau, which in the 12th century split up into various lordships, with the Imperially immediate Lordship of Oberstein also assuming Lotharingian territory with Haupersweiler as a fief.In 1766, this area passed to the Lordship of Leyen, under which the Jews enjoyed greater freedom.According to the 1609 "Oberamt" of Lichtenberg ecclesiastical visitation protocol, 61 people of the Reformed faith then lived in the Zweibrücken part of Herchweiler.