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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,...
- Upper Alsace
Province of Alsace. Today part of. Republic of France. Upper...
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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
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Upper 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 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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Oberelsaß 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 in the southern part of the province of Elsaß-Lothringen in the German Empire. The region corresponds exactly to the current French department of Haut-Rhin. Its capital was Colmar. It was divided into the ...
Switzerland lies to the south of Alsace, and Germany borders it to the east and north. Natural boundaries include the Vosges Mountains and the Rhine River. The economy is based on agriculture and manufacturing. Colmar is the principal centre of the wine-growing region, whose vineyards extend in a narrow strip along the lower slopes of the ...