(anc. Taberna, Germ. Zubern), a town of France, in the department of Bas-Rhin, on the Zorn, 19 miles N.W. of Strasburg. It stands on the east slope of the Vosges, where the Paris road descends the hill in zigzags. The town is irregularly built and in no way remarkable, the principal building being the large castle of red sandstone, formerly a residence of the bishops of Strasburg, and now partly used for barracks; the old parish church; and the échelles, converted in 1832 into an hospital for widows. Woollen cloth, hosiery, leather, hardware, bricks, tiles, &c., are made here; and there is some trade in timber from the Vosges. Saverne is an ancient place, and was formerly fortified. It suffered very much during the Thirty Years' War; and its fortifications were destroyed in 1696. Pop. 6407.