production was gradually resettled to Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault, founded in 1819 in the Western Center of France. In 1838 Klingenthal ended weapons manufacturing, lost the Royal Manufactory status, and became a privately owned company producing civilian goods under the "Coulaux" name. The company continued producing agricultural tools, notably scythes, until production ceased in 1962. A museum opened in 2007, housed in one of the former factory buildings, displaying tools and a significant collection of swords. In fiction A Klingenthal heavy cavalry sword plays an important role in the plot of Bernard Cornwell's historical novel Sharpe's Sword. External links Association pour la Sauvegarde du Klingenthal, conservationist association Sword-related web page Villages in Grand Est