 The name of the village of Langenbach near Konken – there are many places in Germany named Langenbach – first cropped up in taxation rolls, such as the steward's bill from Lichtenberg (1445/1446) and the rolls from the "Amt" of Lichtenberg (1480).Langenbach shared a history with the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken up until that state was swept away in the events of the French Revolution.In Johannes Hofman's 1588 description of the "Amt" of Lichtenberg, it says