sentences:  A 1372 document says that Johann von Wilenstein pledged taxes owed him and his holdings "in the estate at Brücken in Obenbach parishes" to his brother-in-law Frank von Wendelsheim.It is, however, certain that this refers to Brücken in the Oster valley.Otherwise, the village’s history is the same as that experienced by the whole "Amt" of Kübelberg.