 Count Gerlach, out of his own holdings and the "Vogteien" that he held over extensive ecclesiastical holdings, founded the County of Veldenz, to which, right from the beginning, Stegen belonged, whereas Theisberg across the Glan – that is, the border – remained in the free Imperial Domain.In 1345, there was a change in the territorial arrangement when Count Georg I acquired by pledge the "Amt" of Reichenbach or Deinsberg (its name depended on where the seat happened to be at any given time), within which lay Deinsberg (Theisberg).This swept the Glan border away, and both Theisberg and Stegen found themselves under the same lordship, albeit for now within different "Unterämter".