Cultural heritage
The wealth of the Bruche valley can be counted in a multitude of small simple and touching heritage left by men throughout its history: major sites of memory, religious buildings, architectural testimonies, industrial remains, popular and contemporary art.
If the Bruche valley is Alsatian at heart, It is Vosges at heart, it makes all the difference... the promise of a real change of scenery.
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Kupferschmitt farm in SalmExterior visitCastle of the Counts of SalmThe castle was built by Count Henri III at the beginning of the 13th century on the lands of the Senones Abbey, of which he was the protector.Former spinning millExterior visitThe Stiehr Frères organ of the Saint-Michel parish churchThe parish church of Saint-Michel was built between 1742 and 1839. It was only in September 1859 that the church received an organ made by the Stiehr brothers from Seltz, known for their talent.Chênes French military cemeteryChênes French military cemetery (60 graves) and two ossuaries (105 and 108 soldiers).Site of the former “Schirmeck-Vorbrück” security campAlthough there are few traces of the internment camp, which was completely dismantled after the liberation between 1954 and 1960, the Rue du Souvenir still houses the building of the camp's "Kommandantur"...European Center for Deported Resistance Fighters - Site of the former Natzweiler-Struthof concentration campThe remains of this camp, opened in the spring of 1941, are the only concrete trace of the Nazi concentration camp nebula on the territory...Industrial housesExterior visitGrave of an English aviatorIn the civil cemetery, the grave of an English aviator, Sergeant Wilder, who was shot down on February 21, 1944 while flying over the region and crashed in Ranrupt at a place called “la Quiche”.Windbreaker - WindbreakerWindbreak made of larch wood slats mounted on a metal structure.Hydraulic sawmill: Mandray MuseumIn the heart of a picturesque village, come and discover a site where since the 16th century, a water wheel has successively driven a flour mill then a sawmill which is still operational...Stations of the Cross at Saint-André ChurchIn 2009, the smallest commune in the department entrusted 15 internationally renowned artists with the task of each creating a station of the Way of the Cross in the church of St. Andrew... A meeting...
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