 Since the inhabitants of Stegen were only annexed to Veldenz-Lützelstein in 1600, they were obliged to reconvert to Lutheranism, since the conversion to Calvinism had been completed in the intervening twelve years.Stegen now likewise belonged to the parish of Theisberg.After the Thirty Years' War, the principle of "cuius regio, eius religio", which had, among other things, brought about the bizarre series of forced conversions in Stegen, was abolished, and once again, Catholic settlers could be found in the villages.