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Upper Alsace (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.
The history of Alsace has been influenced by the Rhine and its tributaries, a favorable climate, fertile loess soils, and the region's relative accessibility through and around the Vosges. It was first inhabited by early modern humans during the Paleolithic.
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May 10, 2024 · Haut-Rhin is a department of the Alsace region France. It is one of the original 83 departments that were created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It borders on Switzerland to the south and Germany to the east. Its name means Upper Rhine.
He was condemned to death eight times and had sentences totaling five hundred years prison imposed upon him by the Imperial German government following his escape from Alsace to inform the world of the plight of Alsace and German Lorraine under German rule.
Background. Family. Albert Schweitzer was born on 14 th January 1875 at Kaysersberg in Upper Alsace, Germany, a region that is now part of France. His father, Louis Schweitzer, was pastor to a Lutheran congregation at Kaysersberg. Shortly after Schweitzer’s birth his father moved to Günsbach in the Münster Valley.
Jan 23, 2024 · Ava de Morvois, Countess of Lower Alsace's Timeline. Genealogy for Ava de Morvois, Countess of Lower Alsace (c.769 - 839) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
Jun 1, 2021 · 01 June 2021. PDF. Split View. Cite. Permissions. Share. Issue Section: Book Reviews. Alsace is a land caught between France and the Holy Roman Empire. At the Peace of Westphalia (1648) Louis XIV acquired most of Upper Alsace and forty villages from Lower Alsace.
