 Lohnweiler belonged to this new county palatine or duchy.Under the terms of the Treaty of Marburg of 18 November 1543, a state known as the County Palatine of Veldenz – later Veldenz-Lützelstein – came into being, established by Duke Wolfgang for his uncle Ruprecht as thanks for earlier having taken on, together with Wolfgang's mother (Count Palatine Ludwig II's widow), the regency for the underage Wolfgang, ruling the County Palatine of Zweibrücken for him.Lohnweiler now lay in this new County of Veldenz.