 They worked at the hard-rock quarries in the dale, at the coal pits in the Saarland, at the Baumholder troop drilling ground or later, after having completed the requisite training, at the Opel works in Kaiserslautern.The village grew into a residential community for both blue- and white-collar workers who must commute to work elsewhere each day.The younger generation is moving to the cities and industrial centres.