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Upper Alsace [a] (southern Alsace) was a landgraviate of the Holy Roman Empire centred on Ensisheim and Landser, north of the County of Ferrette (Pfirt). The counts of Habsburg ruled the territory from the 1130s down to its cession to France in the 17th century. [1] History.
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Alsace (/ æ l ˈ s æ s /, US also / æ l ˈ s eɪ s, ˈ æ l s æ s...
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University of Upper Alsace (French: Université de...
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Alsace (/ æ l ˈ s æ s /, US also / æ l ˈ s eɪ s, ˈ æ l s æ s /; French: ⓘ; Low Alemannic German/Alsatian: Elsàss; German: Elsass (German spelling before 1996: Elsaß.) ⓘ; Latin: Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland.
- 8,280 km² (3,200 sq mi)
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- France
Alsace–Lorraine had a land area of 14,496 km 2 (5,597 sq mi). Its capital was Straßburg. It was divided in three districts (Bezirke in German): Oberelsaß (Upper Alsace), whose capital was Kolmar, had a land area of 3,525 km 2 (1,361 sq mi) and corresponds exactly to the current department of Haut-Rhin
University of Upper Alsace (French: Université de Haute-Alsace, UHA) is a multidisciplinary teaching and research centre based in the two cities of Mulhouse and Colmar, France. Research and teaching at UHA concentrates mainly on science, technology, economics, management, arts and humanities.
- 1975
- 8353 (in 2017)
- Christine Gangloff-Ziegler
- EUCOR
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Upper Alsace conquered by the Franks: Frankish Realm 614–795: Totality of Alsace to the Frankish Kingdom: Frankish Realm 795–814: Charlemagne begins reign, Charlemagne crowned Emperor of the Romans on 25 December 800: Frankish Empire: Old Frankish; Frankish and Alamannic 814: Death of Charlemagne: Carolingian Empire
Oberelsaß (or Upper Alsace, French: Haute-Alsace) was the southern part of the historical region Alsace or Elsass, inhabited originally by locals speaking Alemannic German. From 1871 to 1918, Bezirk Oberelsaß was a region (Bezirk) in the southern part of the province of Elsaß-Lothringen in the German Empire.
Alsace, historical region and former région of France, incorporated since January 2016 into the région of Grand Est. As an administrative entity, it encompassed the départements of Haut-Rhin (“Upper Rhine”) and Bas-Rhin (“Lower Rhine”) and was bounded by the régions of Lorraine to the west and Franche-Comté to the southwest.
