In 1334, Johann von Basenheim, "Burgmann" at the Schmidtburg, and his wife Getza endowed a chapel in Stipshauen. Saint Anthony's Chapel ("Antonius-Kapelle") was at first tended by a rector from Rhaunen who was independent of any monastery or lordship. In 1504, Archbishop of Mainz Berthold split the chapel away from Rhaunen and raised it to parish church with all attendant rights. The right to nominate parish priests alternated between the family Schenk von Schmidtburg (later the Electorate of Trier) and the family Metzenhausen.