Salm

In the wooded Vosges, the castle of Salm stood above the valley of the Bruche. Its lords were protectors of the abbey of Senones, and their lands formed a small principality amid the divided sovereignties of Lorraine and the Empire. In 1751 a settlement reshaped the principality, making Senones its capital. Salm remained a separate territory until its annexation by France in 1793.