sentences:  Even today, the dialectal form of the name is "Kerrwiller".Places with names ending in "—weiler", which as a standalone word means "hamlet" (originally "homestead"), might theoretically have been settled as early as the time when the Franks took over the land by way of the old Roman roads.That would seem to be the case here, as an old road that runs by Kirrweiler is still described as the "Römerstraße" ("Roman road").