Rule and affiliation
Um 980:
A Richbald builds a church, around it a locality is formed. The close convenient Frankish settlement "Hundheim am Steg" (Hundertschaftdingstatt) is closed.
The new place calls itself:
1200: Ripolteskirchen
1366: Ryppelskyrch
1391: Rypoltskirchen
1468: Ryppelskirchen
1828: Reipoltskirchen
1181 - 1608:
Realm rule Hohenfels-Reipoltskirchen. The place is seat of the rule and 15 pertinent villages.
1608 - 1628:
The Falkensteiner count arrives into the possession of the rule by inheritance.
1628 - 1793:
Ganerbschaft (Kondominium) D. i. Community possession of several sexes at the same time. The following aristocracy sexes had possession rights at Reipoltskirchen:
1628 - 1793 Löwenhaupt
1628 - 1730 Manderscheid
1763 - 1778 Ellrodt
1730 - 1793 Hillesheim
1778 - 1793 Isenburg
1797 - 1815:
Belonging to France (Empire of Napoleon and Republik) Reipoltskirchen belongs to canton Lauterecken, Mairie (mayoralty) to the department Mont Tonnere (Donnersberg) Becherbach, 1797: 220 Einwohner
1816 - 1945:
to Bavaria. (Kingdom und republic Rheinkreis, Rheinbaiern, Rheinlandpfalz. 1895 independent municipality with own mayoralty.
1945 - 1955:
to the French zone of occupation, "Gouvernement Militaire Francaise", French military government, after the unconditional surrender of the "Deutschen Reich".
Seit 1946:
to Rhineland-Palatinate, Bundesland of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Ab 1969:
to the convention community Wolfstein
1977:
477 Inhabitant