Emmersweiler

Emmersweiler is a district of the municipality of Großrosseln in the Saarland regional association of Saarbrücken. Until the end of 1973, Emmersweiler was an independent municipality.
The first records of Emmersweiler date back to the 14th century, but a settlement must have existed long before that. In 1345, Johann von Bénestroff donated 32 shillings of Metz currency "in Emmersweiler" to the Abbey of Wadgassen. Little can be found in the records about the inhabitants before 1633, only that one resident owned "Pfennert Wiesen in Emmersweiler." The residents sustained themselves through work in the forest, broom-making, and agriculture and livestock farming. By 1640, famine and plague, as a consequence of the Thirty Years' War, had decimated the population. Only a pile of rubble remained of the place. Reconstruction did not begin until the end of the 17th century. The church records from Folklingen report that in 1691, some families lived in Emmersweiler. The list of inhabitants continues to be documented by name until 1791. The princely government concluded an exchange contract with the French government in 1768, which resulted in formerly French territories, including Emmersweiler, being transferred to the county on October 26, 1770. Prince Ludwig of Nassau-Saarbrücken ordered a division of the farmland and meadows. This allowed the villagers to make some progress in agriculture.

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