The first mention of Tieffenbach date 718, when the noble Chrodoin, founder of Actufovillari the site of a former foundation provides the village with the abbey of Wissembourg.
The act of donation can read Actul fovillari ubi-Theotpacis ingreditur in aquila, which means: Actul-fovillari, where theotbach (this is the Kupersbach current) flows in Eichel. Gradually the name Actul-fovillari disappears and the village founded by theotbach Chrodoin no longer be mentioned that as "Deutbach am" born with the current name Tieffenbach. Include among others Dietbach in 1299, and Dieffenbach in 1540.
In 1299, the resort is part of the county of La Petite Pierre.
In 1382, Count Henri de Lützelstein actually oblation to the emperor in exchange for tolls. The Counts Palatine to introduce the Reformation in 1560, but simultaneum is established in 1738.
A forge is founded in the early 18th century to transform molten iron Frohmuhl. However, it continues to operate in 1771 and two ponds that fed, and used to raise fish, dried up in 1776.
In the course of the 19th century, men are either clog or employed as masons and stonecutters sites on the Paris-Strasbourg railway or canal from the Marne to the Rhine, and return in the winter to work in the forests. Women and children weave straw hats and knit slippers.
