Kerbach

Etzling (French pronunciation: ​[ɛtslɛ̃]; German: Etzlingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Bousbach (French pronunciation: ​[busbak]; German: Buschbach) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Spicheren (French pronunciation: ​[spiʃʁən]; German: Spichern) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is located on the German border, lying next to the city of Saarbrücken.

Behren-lès-Forbach (French pronunciation: ​[beʁən lɛ fɔʁbak], literally Behren near Forbach; German: Behren) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Between 1812 and 1925, it was part of the commune of Kerbach.

Lixing-lès-Rouhling (French pronunciation: ​[liksɛ̃ lɛ ʁulɛ̃], literally Lixing near Rouhling; German: Lixingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Alsting (French pronunciation: ​[alstɛ̃]; German: Alstingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

The Battle of Spicheren, also known as the Battle of Forbach, was a battle during the Franco-Prussian War. The German victory compelled the French to withdraw to the defenses of Metz. The Battle of Spicheren, on 6 August, was the second of three critical French defeats. Moltke had originally planned to keep Bazaine's army on the Saar river until he could attack it with the 2nd Army in front and the 1st Army on its left flank, while the 3rd Army closed towards the rear. The aging General von Steinmetz made an overzealous, unplanned move, leading the 1st Army south from his position on the Moselle. He moved straight toward the town of Spicheren, cutting off Prince Frederick Charles from his forward cavalry units in the process.

Neue Bremm (German: Gedenkstätte Gestapo-Lager Neue Bremm) was a Nazi torture camp in Saarbrücken, set up in 1943 by the Gestapo intentionally with no oversight from other institutions. It was designed to break prisoners who were not destined for immediate death. Some prisoners were held only for a few weeks, others, much longer; both men, and women. During that time they were put to work in slave-labour commandos and broken. Those who survived purposeful starvation were sent on to Nazi concentration camps such as Buchenwald. Approximately 20,000 men and women passed through Neue Bremm, including Jews from occupied Eastern Europe as well as Frenchmen, Belgians, Britons and Italians. However, the total number of casualties remains unknown.Short term torture camps like Neue Bremm were called Straflager. The torture is reported to have included hopping crouched for 6 to 8 hours a day. Further, they were starved and deprived of sleep. The Straflager camps held the same pains as the other Nazi concentration camps in German-occupied Europe but with corporal punishment compacted into just days.After the war, the French military put dozens of Neue Bremm personnel, including the commandant, Fritz Schmoll, on trial for war crimes. A number of them, including Schmoll, were found guilty and executed. Others were given prison sentences.

Rouhling (French pronunciation: [ʁulɛ̃]; German: Ruhlingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Nousseviller-Saint-Nabor (French pronunciation: [nusvilɛʁ sɛ̃ nabɔʁ]; German: Nussweiler bei Sankt Nabor) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

The canton of Stiring-Wendel is an administrative division of the Moselle department, northeastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Stiring-Wendel.It consists of the following communes:

Stiring-Wendel (French pronunciation: ​[stiʁɛ̃ vɑ̃dɛl]; Lorraine Franconian: Stiringe; German Stieringen-Wendel) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France, wedged between Forbach, Schœneck, Spicheren and Saarbrücken.