Travel Guide Sarralbe

From 1807 onwards, salt works were established on the city's underground salt deposit and Sarralbe became the second salt factory in Lorraine in 1840. The exploitation of white gold ensured the prosperity of the city for nearly a century, including the period of annexation. From 1934, Sarralbe became a garrison town for the Maginot water line system. In June 1940, a battle took place on the heights of the city and the bombardments destroyed much of the city. At the beginning of the 1970s, Sarralbe converted into an industry based on petrochemistry, an economic flagship today complemented by a network of companies with diversified activities and a dynamic trade. As its name suggests, Sarralbe was built at the confluence of the Saarland and Alba valleys, two rivers that flow down, the first from the Vosges foothills, the second from the nearby country of the Moselle lakes. Several buildings deserve to be discovered, including the church and the wheel mill on the Saarland.The river stop at the entrance to the old medieval town welcomes boaters and cyclists in a wooded park. This equipment has electrical terminals, water points and picnic areas.