 By the mid 18th century, they belonged to Electoral Palatinate, and did until feudal times ended in the French Revolution.In the villages’ general upward development, there were from time to time great setbacks, such as the Thirty Years' War and French King Louis XIV’s wars of conquest, notably the Nine Years' War (known in Germany as the "Pfälzischer Erbfolgekrieg", or War of the Palatine Succession).Steady upward growth set in once again only in the early 18th century.