 Matzenbach passed along with neighbouring Gimsbach and Bettenhausen to the Kusel district, while at the same time, Matzenbach was amalgamated with the village of Eisenbach across the Glan into the municipality of Eisenbach-Matzenbach, matching the railway station’s name.Only a year later, though, a new municipality was founded, comprising not only Matzenbach and Eisenbach but Gimsbach, too, and bearing the name Matzenbach.In the time of French rule from 1801 to 1814, Eisenbach lay in the Department of Sarre, the Arrondissement of Birkenfeld, the Canton of Kusel and the "Mairie" (“Mayoralty”) of Quirnbach.