 In 1555, though, the Rhinegraves of Grumbach, too, introduced the Reformation, and in 1588, the Offenbach Monastery was dissolved.In 1562, Eßweiler got its own graveyard.After the Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken had become absolute fiefholders over the "Eßweiler Tal" in 1795, worshippers then had to convert to Calvinism in line with developments in the County Palatine.