 He further acquired rights to the "Hundheimer Hufe" (see Vanished villages below) and the village of Seelen in Palatinate-Zweibrücken.In 1548, the Reformation was introduced into Reipoltskirchen, Rixingen and Forbach by Count Philipp von Leiningen-Westerburg.The neighbouring Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken had already adopted the new belief in 1546.