Musée du fer de Reichshoffen, museum in France
The Musée du fer de Reichshoffen is a museum dedicated to iron work and metalworking in a small French town. It displays old tools, machines, and furnace models that show how metalworkers shaped and processed iron in past centuries.
Reichshoffen was first recorded in 994 and received town status in the late 1200s under Rudolf I of Habsburg. In the 1700s, Jean de Dietrich purchased the land and established a major industrial operation that exploited local iron ore, water sources, and forests.
The name Reichshoffen reflects medieval settlement patterns in the region. The museum reveals how iron workers and craftspeople shaped the town's identity through their daily labor, with displays showing the tools and metal objects they created that became part of local life.
The museum is housed in a building from 1759 and is easily accessible from the town center. Free parking is available nearby, and a visit combines well with a walk through the small town.
The museum building itself was once the residence of a royal official, later became a Catholic presbytery, and served in that role until the 1970s. Nearby archaeological excavations led to its conversion into a museum, which opened in 1993.
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