 Together with the parish of Deinsberg, Rutsweiler am Glan originally belonged to the Imperial Domain ("Reichsland") around Lautern (Kaiserslautern).Going by Rutsweiler am Glan's first documentary mention in 1303, it can be inferred that the village then found itself as a so-called Imperial pledged holding in the hands of the "Landvogt" of the Speyergau, Count Georg I of Veldenz.In 1444, the County of Veldenz met its end when Count Friedrich III of Veldenz died without a male heir.