 Over the years, a settlement grew up around it and took the name "Richbaldeskirchen", after the man who had built the church.This earliest church is believed to have been wooden, but it was replaced by a sturdier building in the 10th or 11th century.This church had its first documentary mention in 1222 in Prüm Abbey’s book of souls as "Kirche mit Leichenhof" (“church with graveyard”).