 The church in Reipoltskirchen, which had become Protestant in the 16th century, was yielded back to the Catholic faith about 1700, whereupon the Protestants belonged to the parish of Rathskirchen, after having been tended for a short time by the parish of Finkenbach.Franciscans from Meisenheim held church services in Reipoltskirchen.In those days, physical fights sometimes broke out between Protestant and Catholic Christians.