sentences:  Hirsau was the church seat of the Diocese of Mainz and mother church of the political entity known as the "Amt" of "Eßweiler Tal", which in 1609, with the exception of Eßweiler itself, still kept its graveyard in Hirsau.Hachenbach first had its own graveyard in 1843 in the cadastral area known as "Eichel" (whose name means "Acorn").In 1623, Hachenbach passed to the parish of Hinzweiler, which at the time functioned as a branch of Hirsau.