sentences:  It was until the Palatine Union in 1818 made up of the parish of Konken with eight villages and 1,190 souls and the parish of Quirnbach with five villages and 932 souls, making 2,122 souls all together.The two-hour journey to the branch church in Quirnbach from the mother church in Konken as well as the arduousness of the journey itself made ""dem Pfarrer ein Pferd nöthig"" ("a horse necessary for the pastor").In 1825, Quirnbach was itself raised to parish.