 In 1563, the church gave this fief for one hundred years to Guff Hansen.In the Treaty of Meisenheim of 20 March 1595, Count Palatine Johannes I gave Merzweiler to the regents of Rhinegrave Christoph von Grumbach's sons, exchanging it for the villages of Bosenbach and Staufenbach.At the same time, the Count Palatine was granted leave to develop the brine spring near Sankt Julian.