 It is likely that Matzenbach belonged before the Reformation to the Church of Theisbergstegen.During the time of the Reformation, all the subjects of the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken converted on the Count Palatine's orders to Lutheran belief.After the Thirty Years' War, freedom of religion prevailed, which led during the occupation by French King Louis XIV's troops and also during the Electorate of the Palatinate epoch after 1733 to the Catholic faith's being more strongly supported.