From the first half of the 14th century, the "Gericht" of Deinsberg belonged to the Counts of Veldenz. At the time, two brothers, Count Heinrich III and Count Friedrich II, divided their holdings, with the village and its "Amt" seat and associated villages passing to the former. In the letters patent bestowing these holdings upon Count Friedrich III, however, Jettenbach was part of the combined "Amt" of Reichenbach and Deinsberg, and was split into "Ober-Gittenbach" and "Nieder-Gittenbach". After the Counts of Veldenz died out in 1444, the village, along with the rest of the "Amt" of Reichenbach, passed to the Dukes of Palatinate-Zweibrücken.