sentences:  First and foremost, the "Bergmannskühe" (literally "miner's cows"; that is to say, goats) helped worker families out of the grimmest neediness after the war.After the fall of the ironworking industry and the closure of many collieries in the Saarland in the last fourth of the 20th century in the face of stiff foreign competition, many workers switched to the processing and finishing industry in the Homburg and Kaiserslautern area.The old adage "nothing is as constant as change", however, applies here, too.