sentences:  Beginning in 1640, life returned to normalcy, but then came French King Louis XIV's wars of conquest, during which Ehweiler was once again burnt down, and there were the attendant considerable population losses.In the 18th century, life returned to normalcy once again, and this is when emigration began.In the time of French rule between 1801 and 1814, Ehweiler lay in the Department of Sarre (Saar), the Arrondissement of Birkenfeld, the Canton of Kusel and the "Mairie" (“Mayoralty”) of Kusel.