Actually I am Alsatian.
My version is : Alsace in Alsatian language is Elsass. "El" from Ell that is the river that runs through the region. And "sass" from the german verb "Sitzen" that mean sit.
So I am a little confused concerning the monkey thing. Besides a touristic zoo where some little monkey are I never saw some in Alsace !
But it's a funny thing to read something about Alsace on a US Porsche Forum !