Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A kusa da shekara ta 1600 kimanin mutane 900 ke zaune a ƙauyen. A cikin karni na 17 Köngen ya sha wahala daga barkewar cututtuka da tashin hankali na yaƙi. Daga 1609 zuwa 1611 akwai barkewar annoba ta farko, ta biyu ta faru a 1627. Kusan kashi ɗaya bisa uku na mutanen sun mutu sanadiyyar cutar. Fiye da mazauna ɗari sun mutu ne daga sojojin da suka yi wa sarki nasara bayan yakin Nördlingen
a shekara ta 1634. Adadin mazauna 1,000 an wuce shi ne kawai a farkon rabin karni na 18.