Annie Banzet
Annie Banzet
Waldersbach
Description
Description
"""It's behind you, my grandma would say...""
Annie Banzet's favourite spot
It was 1946 or 47. I was 13. Back then I lived in Barembach and we went - it was a great adventure at the time! - on the train to Fouday. Then we climbed to the top of Solbach. And there, for the first time in my life, I saw the village of Waldersbach. Nothing else. But I had a very strong feeling that I can still sense today. It's as if this place brought back something familiar inside me. Something happy.
A while later I told my grandma about it who lived in Lafrimbolle (57) on the other side of the Donon. And in local patois she said: ""Oh yes! It's back there."" Nothing else. We didn't used to talk much. It wasn't until later that I found out my ancestors were from Belmont and Neuviller, my beloved Ban de la Roche.
So 40 years later, in 1986, I went back to my roots to live in Waldersbach with my husband during retirement then I became a volunteer at the Oberlin Museum. View map
Further information
Latitude 48.418196276076
Longitude 7.2149400634765