 The lords holding the land in Offenbach were now still the Lords of Mühlenstein, who would soon be replaced by the Lords Cratz von Scharfenstein.These lords were also the Rhinegraves’ lieutenants in the "Eßweiler Tal".In 1656, when the Rhinegraves wanted to sell the provostry off from its mother monastery, Saint Vincent’s Abbey in Metz, the deal fell through because of objections raised by the Zweibrücken lords protector.