 In the 1588 description of the "Amt" of Lichtenberg by Johannes Hoffmann, Wahnwegen was assigned to a side valley of the "vierter Hauptgrund" (“fourth main ground”) in the "Oberamt" of Lichtenberg, which corresponds exactly with the valley of the Bledesbach.Hoffmann described this dale as being 1,500 "Schuch" (“feet”) or 100 "Rutten" (“rods”) long.This would make its length roughly 450 m. According to the 1609 "Oberamt" of Lichtenberg church Visitation protocol, 82 persons were then living in the village, making it one of the bigger villages in the parish of Kusel.