 This exposed location on the Imperial road, however, also led to frequent plunderings in times of war.In 1693 and 1698, during Louis XIV's wars of conquest, pontoon bridges were set up across the Moselle to quicken troop transport across the river.Until French Revolutionary troops in 1794 marched in, Lieser belonged to the Electorate of Trier and the High Court of Bernkastel, to which it even sent "Schöffen" (roughly “lay jurists”).