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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.
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From the first century CE to the early fifth century CE Alsace was incorporated into the Roman province of Germania Superior, formally established in 85 CE. The portion of the Rhine flowing along the eastern boundary of Alsace was also the Roman frontier, or limes , from 53 BCE to approximately 70 CE, and again from approximately 250 CE to ...
The administrative incorporation of Alsace into France was completed by the French Revolution (1789), when the area was administratively divided into the two départements of Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin, and its existence as a separate province was ended.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
After the 1870–71 Franco-Prussian War, Alsace was annexed by Germany and became a part of the 1871 unified German Empire as a formal "Emperor's Land". After World War I the victorious Allies detached it from Germany and the province became part of the Third French Republic.
- 8,280 km² (3,200 sq mi)
- FR-A
- Alsatian
- France
- Human civilization in Alsace dates back to the prehistoric era. Nobody is entirely sure how old Alsace is. The biggest city, Strasbourg on the Rhine River, has had excavations with artifacts from as early as the Neolithic era (12000BC).
- Julius Caesar and the Romans conquered the region. In 58 BC, Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire conquered Alsace. But by the fall of the Roman Empire, it was the Alemanni tribes of Germanic origin, who controlled this area around the Upper Rhine river.
- Clovis, the King of the Franks, would make it part of what became known as France. In 496AD however, King Clovis and the Franks (as the people of France were known at the time) conquered Alsace.
- Charlemagne united France, Germany and Alsace. They say that every European is related to King Charlemagne. He had at least 18 children, so he certainly knew how to get around.
Apr 3, 2024 · Alsace-Lorraine was the name given to the 5,067 square miles (13,123 square km) of territory that was ceded by France to Germany in 1871 after the Franco-German War. This territory was retroceded to France in 1919 after World War I, was ceded again to Germany in 1940 during World War II, and was again retroceded to France in 1945.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
Jul 11, 2023 · Alsace was settled mostly by Celtic-speaking peoples until around 100 BCE when Germanic tribes began to move into the Rhine Valley. By the latter half of the first century BCE, most of the region was occupied by the Triboci, a Germanic tribe from further east in the region of Gaul.
