[5] The Vicus was built in the area of modern Schwarzenacker[6] and was situated approximately two kilometers south of the intersection of the Roman long-distance routes between Trier-Strasbourg and Metz-Worms.

[5] In the first half of the 4th century, the Gallo-Roman site was again inhabited, but the villas and houses were only temporarily rebuilt and the settlement was abandoned.

In the Middle Ages, Monks from the Wörschweiler Abbey[8] found evidence of an ancient town below the fields that they used as farmland.

Only small parts of the former Vicus have been uncovered; however, the ruins and artifacts found at the archaeological site are of regional and national importance.

Some of the buildings, such as the Taberna Capitolinus and the house of the Gallo-Roman ophthalmologist Sextus Ajacius Launus, have been partially reconstructed.

Replicas of life-sized Roman equestrian statues, which were discovered in 1887 in nearby Breitfurt and which represent the largest of their kind north of the Alps, were erected in front of the entrance staircase of the noble house.

The original statues stood for many years in front of the entrance of the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Speyer.

They were moved and placed under a roof in the courtyard of the museum of Speyer, as they were sustaining damage due to environmental influences.

These statues are of historical interest, as they may illustrate the last usurper emperor of the Gallic Empire, Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus I (271 to 274 CE), and his son, Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus II, whom he had declared Caesar in 273.

Close to where the river Schwarzbach merges with the smaller Blies, foundations of a Salian[19] castle[20] were uncovered that may be dated to the 10th or 11th century CE.

[21] In 1928[4] excavations under the leadership of the conservator Karl Klein brought to light the foundations of a rectangular, tripartite tower house.

On the south side was a rectangular extension, that could have functioned as a cesspool, similar to the one found at the castle Schlössel in Klingenmünster.

There were also found Romanesque column shafts with cushion capitals and imposts that may have been part of double windows at the upper floor of the tower.

In addition to these finds, even earlier remains of human habitation have been discovered, that may date back to the paleolithic period.

[4] The first documented mention of Einöd (Eynot) was recorded in a contract between Count Walram I. of Zweibrücken[22] and Ludwig of Homburg that was signed on June 3, 1290 CE.

It included the villages Einöd, Bierbach, Ingweiler, Nieder- and Obereschweiler, Audenkellerhof, Gutenbrunnen and Schwarzenacker.

Einöd sits northeast of the crossing point of the Blies and its tributary on its left,[clarification needed] the Schwarzbach.

The region is a sanctuary for many rare animal and plant species such as the little owl, beaver, red kite, lizard orchid, and the yellow rattle.

Almost half of all types of orchids that occur in Germany can be found here, on the vast, semi-dry grasslands that cover formations of limestone.

Immersed in a forest and enshrined by beech trees, the high humidity in the gorge has led to a unique vegetation.

[44] The path is part of the Saar-Mosel hiking trail[45][46] and often traversed by pilgrims as it is also a part of the Peregrinatio Compostellana (Jakobsweg or Way of Saint James), an international network of Pilgrimage routes that led to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain.

[48][47][49] The snake caves serve as a natural shelter for wild animals, such as foxes, badgers, and bats.

The Ehrhard Brunnen which was an important well and water reservoir in the early 20th century is on the left side of the path close to the Kneipp installation.

According to statistics provided by the city of Homburg (August 2021), the quarter of Einöd has a total of 3,392 inhabitants.

Since January 1, 2016, Maria Geburt is a parish church of the Holy Cross in Homburg[57] and includes the fractions and districts of Schwarzenacker, Schwarzenbach, Einöd, Wörschweiler and Ingweiler.

A train-station provides easy and efficient access to nearby towns such as Pirmasens and the capital city of the State Saarbrücken.