sentences:  Other names that the village has borne over the ages are "Breydenbach" (1326, 1337, 1410), "Braidenbach" (1547), "Breittenbach" (1564) and "Braidenbach" (1587).The now current spelling first cropped up in 1601.A place called Bickenbach, mentioned as early as 1249, supposedly once lay near Breitenbach.