 Protestant-Lutheran parishes were set up in Finkenbach, Rathskirchen and Rudolphskirchen (today an outlying centre of Rathskirchen).On 11 October 1748, Count Willhelm von Hillesheim died in Reipoltskirchen.After his death, an extensive overhaul of the lordship arrangements was negotiated between Löwenhaupt and Hillesheim.