Forbach is a commune in the department of Moselle in the northeastern French region of Grand Est. It is located on the German border approximately 15 minutes from the center of Saarbrücken, Germany, with which it constitutes a cross-border conurbation, and is part of the Saar-Moselle Eurodistrict. In 2017, Forbach had a population of 21,552 inhabitants,which, including its greater urban area, makes it the largest town in the eastern Moselle area.

Sights

Places and monuments 

• Passage of a Roman road .
• Remains of a villa in the forest.
• The Schlossberg castle with its tower, its knight’s hall, its park dotted with remains, its rose garden and its gourmet restaurant.
• The Barrabino castle named after the former mayor, built in 1716 for Henning, baron of Stralenheim, Swedish diplomat in the service of King Charles XII of Sweden , residence of the Countess of Forbach Marianne Camasse . Purchased in 1905 by the city, since early 2010 it has been the host building for the city’s Tourist Office.
• Stele of the “Forgotten of History”, at the entrance to the Forbach cemetery, rue Bauer, dedicated to thousands of young people from Lorraine who were torn from life during the fratricidal wars between France and Germany.
• Israelite cemetery built around 1800. According to a local tradition, it is among the first graves of the cemetery, that of an aunt of Heinrich Heine.
• The Simon seat , a former coal mine , three headframes remain. A monument pays homage to a disaster that occurred in this mine . The pane of wells I and II is listed as a historical monument by decree ofJuly 11, 2002.
• The Saint-Rémi church was built in 1866 in the neo-Gothic style .
• Church of Christ the King, xx ^th  century neighborhood Bellevue
• St. Joseph Church, xx ^th  century, the neighborhood Bruch
• Holy Cross Church, xx ^th  century neighborhood Creuzberg
• Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, xx ^th  century neighborhood Marienau
• Church of Our Lady , xx ^th  century neighborhood Wiesberg
• The Sainte-Croix chapel , listed as a historic monument by decree ofSeptember 14, 1937 dating back to the xiii ^th  century and dominating the entire region Warndt . It is a stage of the pilgrimage route to Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle .
• Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours xix ^th  century
• Chapel of St. Barbara hospital xix ^th  century
• Lutheran Church, rue des Alliés built between 1891 and 1892.
• New Apostolic Church, rue du Général-Houchard.
• Synagogue, avenue Saint-Rémy.

Built in 1835 on the site of an older small synagogue, inaugurated in 1836 , damaged during the Second World War (transformed by the German occupier into a deposit) and restored after the war, it had retained its original Holy Arch , decorated on the model of the old synagogue in Strasbourg. It is one of the oldest monuments in the city. The names of 114 members of the Forbach Jewish community, victims of Nazism, are engraved on the memorial plaque in the entrance hall of the synagogue. In 2013, it was decommissioned at the request of the Israelite consistory of Moselle. The building, entrusted to the town hall of Forbach, is intended to become a cultural place.

Cultural events and festivities 

Association of friends of the organs of Forbach (AMOFOR) 

The association of the Friends of the organs of Forbach organizes about twenty events per year which bring together 3,000 listeners. Numerous concerts, visits to instruments, educational projects, exhibitions are offered throughout the year and, above all, during the Forbach-Völklingen Organ Festival.

Forbach-Völklingen Organ Festival 

The organ festival Forbach-Völklingen was born from the desire to make the twinning of the two municipalities Forbach (France, Moselle) and Völklingen (Germany, Saar) a reality through a cultural project . The presence of four remarkable organs in these towns constitutes an important cultural and musical heritage, especially since these four instruments complement each other from a stylistic point of view.