Lauw

Lauw, formerly part of the Masevaux Abbey, housed a sawmill and became a border village between 1870 and 1914, then again between 1940 and 1944. During that time, a customs office controlled the roads leading to Belfort. In 1907, American troops set up a field hospital in old lime kiln quarries there. Before its liberation on November 26, 1944, the village endured artillery fire. Located on a geological fault line separating primary from secondary rocks, Lauw has an interesting subsoil. Its tourist attractions include the discovery trail *Au Fil de Lauw*, the Saint-Éloi church, and the Holhenstein cave.