 Both Oberalben and Mayweiler (the former village that once lay near where the Mayweilerhof now lies) were founded as far back as the Early Middle Ages, though exact knowledge about when each was founded is lacking.At the time of first documentary mention in a 12th-century document, both villages are known to have been a few centuries old already.According to the document in question, which was issued by King Conrad III of Germany in 1149, a ministerialis of the Church of Reims named Albert from Kusel, possibly a ministerialis from the newly founded monastery on the Remigiusberg, had forcibly taken ownership of three monasterial holdings, namely "Villa Milvillre" (Mayweiler), "Herceberch" (Herschberg) and "Habbach" (Habach, now a constituent community of Eppelborn).