 In 1258, a knight, Godfried von Rulsberg, was named in a record.He was a "Burgmann" at Castle Lichtenberg, and his name cropped up in a document from the Count of Veldenz as a witness, or at least so wrote Father Michael Frey, a 19th-century Palatinate historian, albeit without citing a source, so that it cannot be verified.Otherwise, the village’s history was always tightly bound with neighbouring Reipoltskirchen’s (and consequently, readers should see the History section in that article for more information), that community once having been the seat of a local lordship, to which Relsberg belonged.