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, area_code = 06838 Reisbach is a small town, belonging to the district of

in the Bundesland

. The village was formed on April 1, 1937, when the two townships of Reisweiler and Labach were joint together as "Reisbach". Reisweiler was first mentioned as "Radisville" in 1154. The Germanic name "Radi" means "father of the town council", which, together with the "-ville" suffix meaning "farmland", yields the meaning of "Reisweiler" as "Radi's Farmland". The first written documentation about Labach stems from the 13th century, when it was known under the name "Loupach" or "Loupbach". The name is composed from "Loup" meaning "foliage" (German "Laub") and "Bach" meaning "creek". The name of the consolidated village thus means "Radi's Creek". Since January 1, 1974, Reisbach has formed the municipality of

, together with Saarwellingen proper and

Schwarzenholz Schwarzenholz is the second largest district of the municipality of Saarwellingen in Saarland, Germany. History left, Coat of arms of Schwarzenholtz From the Middle Ages Schwarzenholz was owned by Fraulautern Abbey, which had been granted Impe ...

with a combined 14,000 inhabitants.

History

In 1212, Count Heinrich of

Zweibrücken Zweibrücken (; french: Deux-Ponts, ; Palatinate German: ''Zweebrigge'', ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river. Name The name ''Zweibrücken'' means 'two bridges'; olde ...

gave his ownership of the villages Reisweiler and Labach to

Fraulautern Abbey Fraulautern Abbey (german: Abtei Fraulautern; la, Abbatia in Lutrea) was a community of Augustinian canonesses of the nobility, founded in the 12th century; it was suppressed in the 1790s during the French Revolution. Abbey buildings The a ...

. The knights Marsilius and Reiner and their relative Marsilius von Lisdorf donated their stake in the patronage to the church of Reisweiler in 1237. Labach belonged to the lordship of Schwarzenholz, and thus Fraulautern Abbey, until 1792, when the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

changed everything. It also ended the ownership of the Grafschaft Saarbrücken and the Lord of Hagen over Reisweiler.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms resembles the rulerships over the two villages: The base is the coat of arms of the Lords of

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

(Lisdorf), the diagonal bar, while the red and gold colors stem from the coat of arms of the Lords of

. The two fields formed by the diagonal bar stand for the two villages which form Reisbach: the upper field for Labach, with the crossed circle of Fraulautern Abbey; the lower field for Reisweiler, with the cross of the Lords of Bolchen. Reisbach was given the right to bear a coat of arms on May 11, 1964. Former municipalities in Saarland