Small town of Mosel, Grand-Est region Sarralbe takes halfway up between Metz and Strasbourg, on the border of Bas-Rhin. It is located in Lorraine, near Sarreguemines, Willerwald or Hinsingen.
Old, City Sarrable appears for the first time in recorded history in the first half of the eighth century under the name of Alba. Property of the bishops of Metz in the tenth century, it sees fortified thirteenth before undergoing several assaults and looting the following centuries, particularly during the disastrous Thirty Years War. finally became French in the second half of the eighteenth century, she knows afterwards an important economic development related to the petrochemical industry.
Today, it attracts visitors with the charm of its architectural and cultural heritage, as well as by the beauty of its surrounding landscape.
Known as the Cathedral of the Saarland, the Saint Martin church is a religious building made entirely of pink sandstone of the Vosges unveiling two incredible Gothic spiers seventy meters height each. With its narrow aisle and bright, she overlooks the famous door of Alba, listed building, which is now the only remnant of the medieval walls still standing. The latter was enhanced in the eighteenth century with three floors and a skylight with bulb which then served as a belfry.
Sarralbe has an amazing religious heritage to discover during a walk in the city, including the chapel of the mountain, a place of pilgrimage in the region. Dedicated to the Holy Trinity, it still reveals a bell tower of the tenth century and three memorial stones of the fifteenth.
St. Wendelin chapel Saltzbronn reflects the prosperity of the ancient city salt production due to a mineral spring with many medicinal virtues that still flow in the approval of the former sanatorium park.
Let yourself be seduced by the mill, the largest department with a large paddle wheel, or by the house heads. This magnificent municipal building of the eighteenth century who notably served as the town hall, prison and District Court welcomes the collections of interesting museum of the Pays d'Albe and Aquatic Maginot Line. It owes its name to its incredible sculptures that punctuate the facade.
To enjoy the incredible scenery, the communal forest management including program arboretum and observatory or the beautiful forest house Saint-Hubert. In pink sandstone of the Vosges, this former hunting lodge impresses with its two round towers and boar's head. An orienteering course and a walking trail are nearby. Other hiking trails, including the banks of the Saar or Alba also possible to appreciate the local fauna and flora.
The weekly market is held every Thursday morning.
In April, up to the Spring Festival and its many activities for all ages and all audiences.
