 The outlying centre of Pielsbach over on the other side of the Glan was until the 14th century a self-administering municipality.It stretches up its namesake brook, the Pielsbach, back from the Glan, into which the brook empties.Old records show that it was named "Pelsbach" or "Pilsbach" (1364), "Pelesbach" (1381), "Pilßbach" (1433) and then finally Pielsbach (1585).