Sarrebourg

Sarrebourg stands on the Saar at the western approaches to the Vosges. The town grew from an ancient settlement, and in the Middle Ages it belonged to the bishops of Metz. Its citizens placed themselves under the duke of Lorraine in 1464; the town became French in 1661. A Franciscan convent founded in 1265 left a chapel that was restored in the early eighteenth century and later used as a military building during the Revolution.