 Hinzweiler itself got its own church in 1451, and became the parish's hub in the "Eßweiler Tal" instead of the "Hirsauer Kirche".Dependence on a great number of lords in the dale afforded greater freedom than in other areas where united power and governing relationships prevailed.Legal matters within the "Eßweiler Tal" were governed by a whole range of "Weistümer" (singular