Its exposed location means there are extensive views over Lemberg and the surrounding wooded hills of the Wasgau region.

In 1198 the abbot of Hornbach Abbey granted two hills, the Gutinberc and the Ruprehtisberc, to Henry I, Count of Zweibrücken.

In 1606 he agreed with Count John Reinhard I of Hanau-Lichtenberg, that James' grandson would receive the Lemberg estate, whilst Charles II would hold the lordship of Bitche.

The background was his plans for expansion, which were opposed by an alliance of the German emperor, the imperial princes, Spain and England.

The wall remains continued to decay, usable stone was carried off and employed for other purposes, for example, the rebuilding of a village church in 1746.

The Barony of Lemberg, which last belonged to the Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt (1794), comprised the town of Pirmasens as well as 24 villages and was divided into four sub-districts (Unterämter):[4]