 These documents are still preserved, and are said today to be prime examples of mediaeval jurisprudence.One deals with the court and borders, one is a "Kanzelweistum" (promulgated at church; "Kanzel" is German for “pulpit”), one is a "Huberweistum" ("Huber" were farmers who worked a whole "Hube", which roughly corresponds to an “oxgang”), and one was a municipal "Weistum" ("Gemeindeweistum").In 1481, Oberweiler was mentioned in connection with a dispute that Duke Ludwig I pursued with Count Johannes vom Stein.