sentences:  In 1523, Franz von Sickingen sent the Reformer Johann Schwebel from his fortress at Ebernburg to Zweibrücken.Schwebel, who was named court preacher, town pastor and general superintendent by Duke Ludwig II (ruled 1522-1532), decreed the first Lutheran Church Order.It was a few years, though, before the Order reached some of the outlying "Ämter", for the Imperial Diet of Speyer of 1529 forbade the spread of the new teaching.