Before the Thirty Years' War 150 people lived in the "Amt" of Gräfenstein. by 1680, around 30 years after the war, the "Amt" had 30 families or inhabitants. Around 50 years later, in 1698, there were 50, of which 20 lived in Rodalben. The village grew steadily and was given greater importance by the transfer of the administration of the Gräfenstein "Amt" to Rodalben. Around 1720 Rodalben was given its first school. The "Feine Häusel", which had been transported from Münchweiler to Rodalben transportiert and, until then had been used as the vicarage, was converted into a school hall and teacher's residence. The house still exists and is used as a private dwelling.