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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.
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The flag of Alsace (Alsatian: Rot un Wiss or Rot-un-Wiss,...
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Upper Alsace (southern Alsace) was a landgraviate of the...
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University of Upper Alsace ( French: Université de...
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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
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The Province of Alsace ( Province d'Alsace) was an administrative region of the Kingdom of France and one of the many provinces formed in the late 1600s. In 1648, the Landgraviate of Upper-Alsace was absorbed into the Kingdom of France and subsequently became the Province of Alsace, which it remain an integral part of for almost 150 years.
- Alsacien, Alsaciens, Alsacienne, Alsaciennes
- Early Modern
Geography. 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.
Duchy of Alsace. The Duchy of Alsace ( Latin: Ducatus Alsacensi, Ducatum Elisatium; German: Herzogtum Elsaß) was a large political subdivision of the Frankish Empire during the last century and a half of Merovingian rule. It corresponded to the territory of Alsace and was carved out of southern Austrasia in the last decade of the reign of ...
