 Lohnweiler found itself on the Bavarian side, in the exclave known first as the "Baierischer Rheinkreis" and then later as the "Baierische Rheinpfalz" (“Bavarian Rhenish Palatinate”), and more locally in the "Landcommissariat" (later "Bezirksamt" and "Landkreis" or district) of Kusel, the Canton of Lauterecken and the "Bürgermeisterei" (“Mayoralty”) of Lauterecken.In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Nazi Party (NSDAP) became quite popular in Lohnweiler.In the 1928 Reichstag elections, 14.2% of the local votes went to Adolf Hitler’s party, but by the 1930 Reichstag elections, this had grown to 32.1%.