sentences:  Also to be considered is a theory, first set forth by Alsatian historian Adolf Schiber in the late 19th century, that areas with the body-of-water name “Alb” might have something to do with areas to which the Alamanni withdrew in the time just after their loss at the Battle of Tolbiac (Zülpich).In the so-called "Polyptique", an early mediaeval taxation register kept by the Bishopric of Reims, however, no placename corresponding with “Albessen” can be found.Nevertheless, it could be that Albessen is a very old settlement that sprang up in the Early Middle Ages.