Kingersheim.
The grandparents were in school when the Nazi’s crossed the rhine. The Germans always wanted the land to the Voges Mountains and the French wanted to the Rhine. The Nazis made them speak German in school and the parents insisted on french at home. The lids spoke a hybrid called Alsacienne, when the grandparents spoke. They said, only their generation spoke it.
Much the same in Lorraine. After the Treaty of Frankfort when Alsace and part of Lorraine was ceded to Germany due to the French defeat in the war of 1871, the Germans began moving Germans into Lorraine and the French were not allowed to speak French in public, schools, meetings, etc. For over 40 years this Germanization of Northeast Lorraine continued until the end of the First World War. I knew someone who was born French, then became German, then French, then German, and finally French again just before she died.
Alsace is beautiful country, as is in fact all of France. There is always something different to see.
Had some great wines when I was in Alsace.