sentences:  Thus, Gries now lay within the district of Kusel.After the Second World War, the state of Rhineland-Palatinate was founded, Gries ceased to be part of Bavaria and its 8th "Regierungsbezirk" and it then belonged to the "Bezirksamt" of Kusel.However, even today, relations between Gries and Homburg are better developed than those with the current district seat, Kusel, not least of all because most workers from Gries commute to jobs in Homburg, and this even though Kusel lies no farther away than Homburg.