 During the Migration Period, between about AD 375 to 550, the Medard-Odenbach area must have been a refuge.After the Franks had finished taking the land, a Merovingian prince donated the lordship over St. Medard to the Bishopric of Verdun on the Meuse sometime about the year 600.While the Church of St. Medard was the hub for local missionary efforts, Odenbach was the administrative hub.