Baerenthal (French pronunciation: [bɛʁəntal]; German: Bärental; Lorraine Franconian: Bäredal) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.

When founded, during the age of the franc compté (feudalist Frankish counts) of the eighth to tenth centuries, Baerenthal was located in Nordgau, in Alsace.

The names of several regions of Baerenthal date back to this time: Starting from 1480, Berendal passed through the hands of the counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg and followed their fate.

In 1606 milestones were placed which separated the duchy of Lorraine and the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg from the hamlet of Melch to that of Bannstein.

In 1648, Baerenthal was a part of the baillage of Lemberg, near the Pirmasens dans le Palatinat, in the landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt.

In 1793, Baerenthal, as well as the neighboring territory of Philippsbourg in the canton of Bitche, were detached from Alsace and became part of the district of the Moselle.

In the eighteenth century, the northern Zinsel river was used to supply the factories and ironworks that brought work and life in the valley.

Classified as a Station de Cure d'air (a place for people to rest and heal), Baerenthal is an important tourist center of the northern Vosges.

In the Middle Ages, Baerenthal was part of the parish of Obersteinbach, of the archbishopric of Haut-Haguenau in the diocese of Strasbourg.

The arms of this village are: "a black bear, passant silver, chapé-ployé of gold to the star of dexter gules".