 With the Veldenz Succession Treaty of Mannheim, Gimsbach, too, became an Electorate of the Palatinate landhold until the end of feudal times.In the time of French rule that followed, Matzenbach lay in the Department of Mont-Tonnerre (or Donnersberg in German), the Canton of Landstuhl and the Arrondissement of Deux Ponts (or Zweibrücken in German).Following after that were Bavarian times, when Matzenbach at first belonged to the "Landcommissariat" (later "Bezirksamt", and then "Landkreis" or district) of Homburg and the Canton of Landstuhl.