Rhineland
In 1946, the Rhineland was divided into the newly founded states of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Rhineland-Palatinate. North Rhine-Westphalia is one of the prime German industrial areas, containing significant mineral deposits, (coal, lead, lignite, magnesium, oil, and uranium) and water transport. In Rhineland-Palatinate agriculture is more important, including the vineyards in the Ahr, Mittelrhein, and Mosel regions.
Erdesbach
With the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria after French times in 1816, Erdesbach belonged to the "Bürgermeisteramt" (“Mayoralty”) of Ulmet, the "Landcommissariat" (later "Bezirksamt", then "Landkreis", or rural district) of Kusel and the "bayerischer Rheinkreis", the part of the kingdom that was not contiguous with the rest to the east. The kingdom's borders, as defined by the Congress of Vienna, remained thus until 1945 (by which time the monarchy had ended and Bavaria was now the Free State of Bavaria). With the formation of the new state of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1947, consisting of the "Regierungsbezirke" of Koblenz, Trier, Montabaur, Rheinhessen and Pfalz, a new political order was created in the southwest of what was shortly to become West Germany. Later, the "Regierungsbezirke" of Montabaur and Rheinhessen were dissolved and integrated into the "Regierungsbezirke" of Koblenz and Pfalz respectively; in 2000, all the state's "Regierungsbezirke" were dissolved, and in their stead arose the "Aufsichts- und Dienstleistungsdirektion" (ADD. roughly “Directorate of Inspection and Services”), which is now responsible for the whole of Rhineland-Palatinate.