sentences:  The greater part of the village, which had belonged to the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, lay in the Arrondissement of Birkenfeld, the Canton of Kusel and the "Mairie" (“Mayoralty”) of Burglichtenberg, whereas the smaller part, which had belonged to the House of Leyen, lay in the Arrondissement of Saarbrücken, the Canton of St. Wendel and the "Mairie" of Oberkirchen.According to a census undertaken by the French administration, there were 37 Jews then living in Herchweiler, who are all known by name.In 1815, after the Napoleonic French had been driven out, Herchweiler found itself under first the Imperial and Royal Austrian and Royal Bavarian State Administration Commission ("Kaiserliche und königliche österreichische und königliche bairische Landesadministrationskommission"), and then soon afterwards the Kingdom of Bavaria.