sentences:  There was an obvious rivalry during the 19th century between Herschweiler-Pettersheim and Konken over the right to be the mayor's "residence town".It even led to the municipalities of Konken, Albessen and Herchweiler splitting away from the "Bürgermeisterei" of Herschweiler-Pettersheim in 1905 and forming their own administrative entities.Out of the Ducal "Schultheißerei" of the "Amt" of Konken at the old palace at Pettersheim had now arisen a mayoralty and a municipal taxation office in Herschweiler-Pettersheim, and both offices remained there until 1972.