 Gerlach, who through this deed had become Count Gerlach I of Veldenz, had four successors who also bore the name Gerlach (the last of these, Gerlach V of the Older Line of the Counts of Veldenz, died in 1259).Some 200 years before this County of Veldenz was founded, Rehweiler and its neighbouring villages had already arisen.However, only under the Counts of the Newer County of Veldenz (1270-1444) did these villages’ names begin appearing in documents.