sentences:  Into the almost thoroughly depopulated Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken came new settlers from various parts of Germany, but foremost in number were those who came from Switzerland.During French King Louis XIV's wars of conquest, several more Pettersheim farmers were killed on 5 December 1675 when the Homburg Garrison was attacked.There was great loss of life among the local population, too, in the First World War (1914-1918), in which 24 local men fell, and in the Second World War (1939-1945), in which 67 local men fell and 29 went missing.