sentences:  In the letters patent bestowing these holdings upon Count Friedrich III, however, Jettenbach was part of the combined "Amt" of Reichenbach and Deinsberg, and was split into "Ober-Gittenbach" and "Nieder-Gittenbach".After the Counts of Veldenz died out in 1444, the village, along with the rest of the "Amt" of Reichenbach, passed to the Dukes of Palatinate-Zweibrücken.In 1543, Jettenbach passed to the newly formed Principality of Palatinate-Veldenz, headquartered at Lauterecken, with its princely "Residenz" (and hence, the principality was also known as Veldenz-Lauterecken).