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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Chênes French military cemeteryChênes French military cemetery (60 graves) and two ossuaries (105 and 108 soldiers).Military cemetery (1939-1945)36 tombs including 5 of Muslim faiths.Former spinning millExterior visitWorkers' housesExterior visitCommemorative steleIn the center of the village, a stele commemorates August 14, 1914, the date of the fight where the 1st battalion of foot hunters took 500 Germans prisoner and took their flag and their cannons.The Field of Fire by Daniel PontoreauPublic commission from the CEAAC. Three primitive forms in cast iron, arranged at the corners of an imaginary triangle, five hundred particles of Rajasthan marble arranged in the grass.Grave 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”.The parish church of Saint VincentIn the heart of the village of Ranrupt.Castle of RocheSeat of the Lordship of Ban de la Roche, the Château de la Roche is the property of the Rathsamhausen zum Stein. The castle, built in 1180, gradually became a den of ransomers.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...Castle 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.National Necropolis at Donon (1914-1918)At Donon, national necropolis – two ossuaries: one dedicated to the battalions of foot hunters (110 soldiers), the other to the infantry regiment and engineers (71 soldiers), as well as 108 tombs.
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