Jaegerthal
Jaegerthal (German originally Jägerthal ) is a place in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ), which is northeast of Niederbronn-les-Bains in the Northern Vosges and belongs to the municipality of Windstein . The place is named after the Count of Hanau mountain judge Adam Jäger, who founded an ironworks here in 1602. Jaegerthal is home to the famous French industrialist family de Dietrich , who bought the iron hammer in 1684. There was a stream there - the Schwarzbach - the trigger for a strong industrialization . In the Jaegerthal of the Northern Vosges, the ruins of the first iron smiths by de Dietrich are a reminder of the industrial development. The summer residence of the De Dietrichs is also located here in the cool, wooded valley. The castle is privately owned and not accessible.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 58 ′ 30 ″ N , 7 ° 41 ′ 14 ″ E