 As a result of the Reformation and the efforts to afford believers access to the Bible, the Protestant rulers in general tried to further the cause of schooling.Thus, a school came into being in the latter half of the 16th century at Castle Lichtenberg for school-aged children within the "Burgfrieden", that is, those living in Thallichtenberg, Ruthweiler, Körborn, Bistert (a now vanished village near Thallichtenberg) and Frohnbacher Hof.This first school for the region around the castle wasonly sparsely attended, not least of all because the walk to school was long and arduous.