Ballersdorf

Ballersdorf is mentioned for the first time in 823 under the name of Balderisdorff in a document whose authenticity is however controversial. In 1188, a Johannes von Badricort is mentioned and finally in 1215 a Jordanus von Baerdstorff.
Ballersdorf and the neighbor Mettersdorf were looted and destroyed several times during the Hundred Years War. In 1375 both villages fell victim to a major fire and between 1441 and 1576 there was no mention of the town of Mettendorf. The Saint-Martin chapel from the first half of the 18th century can still be found in Mettendorf, but some of them contain much older buildings. It is the last vestige of the extinct town of Mettersdorf in the immediate vicinity of Ballersdorf.
Between 1813 and 1815, Ballersdorf suffered so much from taxes to finance the French armies that it had to go into debt with neighboring towns. The community later suffered from the three wars between France and Germany. When, in early 1943, more than a dozen men from Ballersdorf and the surrounding area attempted to escape compulsory enlistment for the German armed forces or deportation for forced labor to Germany by fleeing to Switzerland, they were arrested at the border and three of them were shot. 13 other men were immediately executed in the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp on February 17, 1943, following their conviction by a military court in Strasbourg. The place was released on November 26, 1944. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballersdorf

Ballersdorf is a typical Alsatian town, with beautiful half-timbered houses.

During the Second World War, she experienced one of the saddest episodes: the massacre of a group of people refractory to the regime who were trying to reach Switzerland. Fortunately, those times are over and you can cross borders by bike in complete peace of mind.

Small town, worth seeing church.
More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballersdorf