sentences:  Thus, the name's original meaning would have been “Berni’s homestead” or “Bernhard’s homestead”.In the 1223 document of first mention it was called "Berhardesvillre".Later forms that the name took are "Berssweiler" (1393), "Bertzweiler" (1469) "Berssweiler" (1599) and "Beersweyler" (1745).