 His significance is that his noble house, "Alben", bears the same name as the village, although the latter also bears the prefix "Nieder—" ("Nether" or "Lower").Johann von Agram from the German noble family of Alben became Chancellor of Fünfkirchen, and his brother became Bishop of Fünfkirchen.One of the first written records about the area is a "Weistum" (a "Weistum" – cognate with English "wisdom" – was a legal pronouncement issued by men learned in law in the Middle Ages and early modern times) from the "Hochgericht auf der Heide" ("High Court on the Heath") to which a letter of enfeoffment refers as early as 1351.