sentences:  Hachenbach belonged then to the County of Veldenz in the "Amt" of Grumbach, whose seat was at Nerzweiler.In 1515, Hachenbach passed along with the other villages in the "Eßweiler Tal" (dale) into the lordship of the Waldgraves and Rhinegraves of Grumbach.In 1595, the "Eßweiler Tal", and thereby Hachenbach too, then passed to the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken.