 According to historians’ assumptions, these villages lay in the Free Imperial Domain ("Reichsland") around the king's castle in Lautern (Kaiserslautern), and sometime before the 9th century, they were given over into Prüm Abbey’s ownership.This area’s ecclesiastical hub was at first the ancient church at Hirsau, the "Hirsauer Kirche" near Hundheim.The village of Hundheim then still bore the name "Glena" or "Glan", perhaps even "Neuenglan" ("Niuwen Glena"), contrasting with Altenglan ("Gleni") – "neu" and "alt" are German for “new” and “old” respectively.