Small town of Haut-Rhin, in Grand-Est region Bitschwiller-lès-Thann takes place fifty kilometers from Colmar in the heart of the Thur valley. The Alsatian town is located in the Regional Natural Park of Ballons des Vosges, near Saint-Amarin, Moosch or Willer-sur-Thur.
Of very ancient origin, the town of his birth Bitschwiller-lès-Thann sees in the eighth century with the gift of the Thur valley to the Abbey of Murbach by Charlemagne. Over the centuries it took the face that it is today, thanks to its iron mining and metallurgical plants. Known for the manufacture of locomotives in the nineteenth century, this village still continues Alsace attract visitors with its charm and dynamism.
