sentences:  Within this new County Palatine, Erdesbach belonged to the "Unteramt" of Ulmet in the "Oberamt" of Lichtenberg.Erdesbach remained with the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken until that state was swept away by the French Revolutionary troops who marched into the region and occupied it.During the roughly 350 years under Zweibrücken hegemony, the village had to face hard blows of fate.