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Alsace–Lorraine ( German: Elsaß-Lothringen ), officially the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine ( German: Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen ), was a former territory of the German Empire, located in modern day France. It was established in 1871 by the German Empire after it had occupied the region during the Franco-Prussian War.
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The territory of the former Alsace-Lorraine, legally known...
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From 1982 to 2016, Alsace was the smallest administrative...
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History of Alsace. Coordinates: 48°30′N 7°30′E. 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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Alsace–Lorraine. The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine ( German: Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen or Elsass-Lothringen, French: Terre d'Empire d'Alsace-Lorraine or Alsace-Moselle) was a territory created by the German Empire in 1871 after its victory in the Franco-Prussian War. It was made up of almost all of the French region of Alsace and ...
The people of Alsace continued to speak a German dialect known as Alsatian, but the use of French spread among the upper classes. From 1815 to 1870 Alsace actively participated in French national life. The introduction of universal suffrage (1848) and the building of railways helped to bind France and its eastern frontier province closely together.
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Alsace-Lorraine was a border region located between the Rhine River and the Vosges Mountains. Its role in French wartime propaganda, its geographic location, and its tumultuous recent history all combined to give the region a distinct experience of the First World War. When the war ended, Alsace-Lorraine, a part of the German Empire since 1871 ...
Alsace-Lorraine, area comprising the present French départements of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin, and Moselle. It was ceded by France to Germany in 1871 after the Franco-German War. It was returned to France in 1919 after World War I, ceded again to Germany during World War II, and again retroceded to France in 1945.
