sentences:  In the years leading up to the Second World War, though, the population figure shrank, only to rise again somewhat, temporarily, with the arrival of ethnic Germans driven out of Germany’s former eastern territories.The great drop to a figure of 164 is, of course, not promising, and can be attributed to the village’s unfavourable transport links.The following table shows population development over the centuries for Cronenberg, with some figures broken down by religious denomination