sentences:  Several others were wounded, some seriously.Since 1946, Eßweiler has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.With the establishment of the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Wolfstein on 1 January 1972, the "Bürgermeisterei" (“Mayoralty”) of Eßweiler, which was also responsible for the neighbouring municipality of Oberweiler im Tal, was dissolved.