 This can be deduced from the great number of places in the area with names ending in "—weiler", a characteristic placename ending of that time, originally used to designate a single homestead (as a standalone word, it now means “hamlet” in German).Local examples are Ginsweiler, Ingweiler, Berzweiler and Hefersweiler, and the ending would indicate that they must be older than Reipoltskirchen (although admittedly they are mentioned only later in the written record).In the late 12th century, the name "Meffridus de Ripoldeskirchen" cropped up in a document.