Introduction of the rose 'Anne-Beffort', 2019

The baptism of the rose 'Anne-Beffort' took place on 4 September 2019 at Parc Mansfeld in Luxembourg-Clausen, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the appointment of Anne Beffort as the first female high school teacher in Luxembourg, in 1919.

This orange colored climbing rose was bred by KORDES ROSEN. Patrimoine Roses pour le Luxembourg donated this rose as a tribute to the groundbreaking and exemplary work of Anne Beffort (1880-1966), graduate in French literature of the Sorbonne (Paris), initiator and president of the Musée Victor Hugo in Vianden.

Godparents: Annie Marti, Julie Anne Bausch and Marie Anne Faber-Bausch (nieces of Anne Beffort)
Fritz Marti (nephew of Anne Beffort), Jean-Jacques Vitrac (great cousin, author of: 'Anne Beffort, ou comment donner du sens à sa vie. La victoire d'une femme seule face à un monde d'hommes.') and Frank Wilhelm (author of: 'Anthologie de textes d'Anne Beffort')