sentences:  During this time, Altenkirchen lay in the "Mairie" (“Mayoralty”) of Waldmohr, the Canton of Waldmohr, the Arrondissement of Saarbrücken and the Department of Sarre, whose capital was at Trier.In 1814, the French withdrew from the German lands on the Rhine's left bank, and Altenkirchen was at first assigned to the Ottweiler district.After a transition period, the Bavarian "Rheinkreis" (“Rhine District”) came into being in 1816, which later was known as the Bavarian "Rheinpfalz" (“Rhenish Palatinate”).