 Then, a years-long dispute arose between the Electorate of the Palatinate and the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, who both claimed the right of succession in Palatinate-Veldenz.The dispute was settled in 1733 with the Veldenz Succession Treaty of Mannheim, under whose terms the "Ämter" of Veldenz and Lauterecken passed wholly to the Electorate of the Palatinate, and the former Palatine-Veldenz "Amt" of Lauterecken was permanently given the status of an Electorate of the Palatinate "Oberamt", after it had already been occupied by the Electorate of the Palatinate troops in 1697 anyway.Neunkirchen am Potzberg thus became an Electorate of the Palatinate holding.