 The Offenbach Monastery, to which the Hinzweiler church was subject, at first opposed Reformist efforts.In 1555, though, the Rhinegraves of Grumbach, too, introduced the Reformation, and in 1588, the Offenbach Monastery was dissolved.After the Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken had become absolute fiefholders over the "Eßweiler Tal" in 1795, worshippers then had to convert to Calvinism in line with developments in the County Palatine.