 Taxes also had to be paid, to the County Palatine as well as the Wörschweiler Monastery and the Counts of Sickingen.The time when the County Palatine (later Duchy) of Zweibrücken held sway yields more precise information about Ruthweiler.In 1446, winegrowers reaped at the "Rudewillr Wingert" (a vineyard) 3½ "Fuder" of wine (3 500 L).