sentences:  From roughly 750 to 1140, spanning both the eras, before and after Verdun, the local area belonged to the Nahegau Counts.Splitting away from them about 1127 was the County of Veldenz, under whose protection were mostly ecclesiastical lands, for instance lands held by the Bishopric of Verdun around Baumholder and Medard and the "Remigiusland", a domain held by the Archbishopric of Reims.In 1327, the Counts of Veldenz also bought the lordship of Medard.