sentences:  In the earlier half of the 20th century, Eßweiler still had bakers, butchers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, tailors, shoemakers, painters and plasterers.Beginning about 1830, the "Wandermusikantentum" – the “minstrel” tradition for which the area is famous – was growing in importance in the West Palatinate, and Eßweiler was becoming one of the great centres of the "Musikantenland" (see above).Besides this "Wandermusikantentum", though, another musical enterprise also arose in Eßweiler, albeit on a small scale.