 Also belonging to the Lutheran parish of Rathskirchen, which was likely founded as early as the introduction of the Reformation in the 16th century, were from then onwards the Protestants from Nußbach.In 1821, the Protestant church authority had the ecclesiastical boundaries newly drawn.This grouped the Protestants in the municipalities of Reichsthal, Seelen, Rudolphskirchen, Nußbach and Reipoltskirchen as well as the estates of Karlshof, Ingweilerhof, Bösodenbacherhof and Ausbacherhof into the parish of Rathskirchen.