sentences:  Erdesbach’s founding came some four or five centuries later.In the earlier half of the 12th century, Count Gerlach received as successor to the Counts of the Nahegau the "Vogtei" (that is, he became a “lord protector” of sorts) over various areas under ecclesiastical ownership, which he took along with parts of the Nahegau to found the County of Veldenz.Under his protection, too, was the "Remigiusland".