sentences:  Brücken was spared none of this.In 1801, France annexed the German lands on the Rhine’s left bank and the oppression that had characterized the early days of French hegemony came to an end, although local young men were still being pressed into the French Army to fight France’s wars.During the short time of French rule, which ended in 1814, Brücken lay in the "Mairie" ("Mayoralty") of Schönenberg, the Canton of Waldmohr, the Arrondissement of Saarbrücken and the Department of Sarre ("Département de la Sarre"), whose seat was at Trier.