 The remaining 68 municipalities then bore the designation “Restkreis St. Wendel-Baumholder”, with the first syllable of "Restkreis" having the same meaning as in English, in the sense of “left over”.Wiesweiler belonged to this district until 1937, when it was transferred to the Birkenfeld district.In 1969, it was transferred, this time to the Kusel district, in which it remains today.