 Even though Selchenbach was grouped into the so-called "Remigiusland" in a 14th-century "Grenzscheidweistum" (“border "Weistum"”, a "Weistum" – cognate with English "wisdom" – being a legal pronouncement issued by men learned in law in the Middle Ages and early modern times), this did not mean that the village had lain within the "Remigiusland" since its founding.The Counts of Veldenz, beginning in the 13th century, counted some areas as parts of the "Remigiusland" that had not before been owned by the Archbishopric of Reims, but rather by the Archbishopric of Mainz.Among the Mainz holdings were Ohmbach, some places around Niederkirchen and, quite likely, Selchenbach, too.