 Going by the village’s name, ending as it does in "—weiler", Gumbsweiler might have been founded early in the time when the Franks were taking over the land.At that time, it lay within the so-called "Remigiusland" around Kusel and Altenglan, which in the early 12th century was taken over by the Counts of Veldenz as a "Vogtei".Gumbsweiler, however, only had its first documentary mention in 1364 in a document from Count Heinrich of Veldenz.