 About the unearthed sculpture's whereabouts today, though, nothing is known.It is likely that the Frankish farm that became the seed that grew into Merzweiler arose sometime between 800 and 1000.Originally, from 960 to 1140, the village lay in the Nahegau, ruled by the Emichones, but was not mentioned in the documents according to which various villages of the "Heidegericht" (“Heath Court”) were pledged by the Waldgraves to either the Counts of Veldenz or the Dukes of Zweibrücken.