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The Earldom of [[Hanau-Lichtenberg|Hanau-Lichtenberg]] lost most of its population during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War 30 Years War]. The authorities invited [[Switzerland Emigration and Immigration|settlers from Switzerland]] into the area. Around 3000 Swiss followed the invitation, 2400 from [[Bern Canton, Switzerland Genealogy|Bern]]. People from Simmental settled in [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obersoultzbach Obersulzbach], the people from [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diemtigtal Diemtigtal] settled in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauschenberg,_Hesse Rauschenberg] and the ones from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberaargau Oberaargau] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schalkendorf Schalkendorf]<ref>Feller, Richard. Geschichte Berns. Bd. III. Verlag Herbert Land, Bern und Frankfurt/Main. 1974</ref>.