Schönau is a village in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany on the French border.

A former monastic yard grew into the village near the end of the Middle Ages, due to the establishment of an iron ore smelting plant by the Dukes of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken.

The popularity of Wasgauer iron ore, which was smelted in Schoenau, reached its peak in the middle of the 19th century and lasted until 1883, when the facility was shut down.

The post office issued a special stamp to mark the occasion of Schönau's 850th anniversary in the year 1982.

Kirchenchor (Pfarrcäcilienverein) young man's association, a trade association as well as the trombone choir Schönau/Hirschthal, and in 1928 the “German youth strength” (DJK) which consisted of a track-and-field events and a football department.