 It also names all the serfs, 13 families with 44 inhabitants.A serf here belonged, together with his family, to the Count of Palatinate-Veldenz, whose residence was at Lauterecken, but was nevertheless ready to show the Duke of Zweibrücken the customary subservience.At the time of the exchange, it was clearly laid out what taxes and payments Merzweiler's inhabitants had to pay before 1595.