First church of the smelters
From the area around Verwiers, the home of the Belgian smelter Remacle Joseph de Hauzeur (born July 8th, 1663 Verwiers - February 18th, 1745 adventure hut), he hired specialists for metallurgy. This is how French-speaking families came to Züsch. The Protestant bailiff allowed Hauzeur to build a small wooden chapel next to his work in the valley on the left side of the Altbach for his Catholic workers on January 2nd, 1698, which was inaugurated on July 4th, 1698. After a few years of ambitious activity, the plant came to a standstill in 1734. In addition to the lack of wood, the reason for the decline was also the Kurtrier sequestrature (custody / administration) from 1734 to 1750.
The remains of the hammer as well as a broken stone base with a cross and a commemorative plaque with the inscription “The dead ancestors 1696 - 1784” remind of the long gone iron industry and the church in the valley of the Altbach between Züsch and Nonnweiler and invite you to linger.