sentences:  The Counts of Veldenz, as lords of the dale's “poor people” (as of 1444 the Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken), chose Nerzweiler as their seat.Nerzweiler was always named in documents between 1350 and 1446 as the seat of the Nerzweiler "Amt".Indeed, in the 14th century, as witnessed by a 1393 Veldenz letter of bestowal, the two villages of Oberaschbach and Unteraschbach belonged to this "Amt" of Nerzweiler.