Sometime before 1200, in the municipal area ("Bann") of the village of Humbach (Montabaur), the Archbishop of Trier owned, among other things, a "Wildhube" (a fief that required the holder to protect Imperial hunting rights) at "Elewartin". In the time between 1212 and 1214 there was in the extensive woodlands around Humbach – the "Spurginberch" Forest – two "Försterhuben" at "Elwartin". These were foresters’ farmsteads with fields in the forest. In 1233 there was a dispute between members of the St. Florin Monastery at Koblenz involving the use of the "Pfaffenholz" Forest near "Elewarthe". In 1362 came a documentary mention of Niederelbert ("inferiori Elewarten"), which suggests that there must have been an Oberelbert by this time, too ("Nieder–" is German for “nether” or “lower”, while "Ober–" means “upper”). It was not until 1436, however, that Oberelbert was explicitly named ("Obern" and "Nyddern Elwart"). In a treaty, the Lords of Helfenstein, as holders of the Elbert landlordship, and the villages of "Nieder Elbartt" and "Obern Elbartt" reached a compromise thanks to concessions from the farmers and a meal from the landlords.