 During the time of French rule from 1801 to 1814, Oberalben and the Mayweilerhof lay within the Department of Sarre, the Arrondissement of Birkenfeld, the Canton of Kusel and the "Mairie" ("Mayoralty") of Ulmet.The Mayweilerhof, which over time had become home to several tenants, now passed with the dissolution of the former Zweibrücken "Erbbestand" arrangements into private ownership, whereupon it was bought up by the former Zweibrücken state scrivener Johann Heinrich Schleip.He, however, imposed a new tenancy arrangement on the tenants who already dwelt there.