 Wiesweiler may have been in the "Hochgericht auf der Heide" on into the 16th century.After the time of the Reformation, the two villages’ histories generally followed a common path.Under the Treaty of Marburg signed on 18 November 1543, both villages passed to the County Palatine of Veldenz, later Veldenz-Lützelstein, which Count Palatine Wolfgang had set up for his uncle, Ruprecht, and whose residence town was held to be Lauterecken.