sentences:  The modern spelling was only permanently confirmed on 4 October 1929 by decree from the Bavarian Ministry of State for the Interior.The Paris architect Pierre Patte (1723-1814) wrote in his "catalogue raisonné" that he had drawn up "les dessins d'une Maison de chasse ... Petterschem" ("the plans for a hunting lodge called "Petterschem"").What is startling about this is that this spelling, to be found in a French document, has been preserved in older inhabitants' speech in Herschweiler-Pettersheim and the surrounding area for more than 200 years (), and is still customary now, perhaps because it is easier to say than "Pettersheim" ().