The following table shows population development over the centuries for Herschweiler-Pettersheim, with some ﬁgures broken down by religious denomination:[REF]* These ﬁgures show the number of families.
On 23 April 1387, Pettersheim had its ﬁrst documentary mention in a document dealing with a division of holdings from Counts Heinrich III and Friedrich II of Veldenz as Castle Pederßheim.