sentences:  In some of the earliest documentary mentions from 1372 and 1420, the village was called "Brucken" (without the umlaut).Beginning in the 16th century, however, the spelling "Brückhen" (1592) or "Brücken" (1611) became the preferred form.The name first appeared sometime before 1333 in the Glan-Münchweiler "Weistum" mentioned above under "History/Middle Ages", in which the name appeared in two forms, "Brückhen" and "Brugel".