 By 1862, though, the church, too, had fallen into disrepair and had to be closed.After years of avoiding the matter and of holding church services in a classroom, the church that still stands today was built, and it was consecrated on 15 March 1874.The villagers belonged mainly to the Lutheran Church before the Palatine Union, which saw that church unite with the Calvinists, and they were assigned to the "Zweikirche" near Wolfstein (Rutsweiler).