Forstheim

Forstheim enters history under the rule of the Dukes of Lorraine from 1047. Several centuries later, the village was ceded to the Strasbourg chapter by Duke Charles of Lorraine. In the 16th century, Forstheim was integrated into the provostship of Haguenau and gained the status of a royal village, while also serving a judicial role for the neighboring localities of Eschbach and Hegeney. After its annexation to France in 1648 following the Treaty of Westphalia, the commune remained French until 1783. Following the war of 1870, Forstheim was annexed by the German Empire, a situation that lasted until the First World War. This conflict claimed the lives of fourteen inhabitants of the commune.