Alsace–Lorraine
territory created by the German Empire in 1871
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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 about a quarter of Lorraine, hence its name. France took it back in 1918 and it became part of that country as a result of Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Nazi Germany de facto took it back in 1940 but France took it back in 1945.
| Imperial Territory of Alsace–Lorraine Reichsland Elsaß–Lothringen | |||||||||||
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| Imperial Territory of the German Empire | |||||||||||
| 1871–1918 | |||||||||||
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.svg) Alsace–Lorraine within the German Empire | |||||||||||
| Anthem | |||||||||||
| Elsässisches Fahnenlied "The Alsatian Flag's Song" | |||||||||||
| Capital | Straßburg (Strasbourg) | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1910 | 14,496 km2 (5,597 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1910 | 1,874,014 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||
| • Type | Federal territory | ||||||||||
| Head of State | |||||||||||
• 1871–1879 | Eduard von Möller (first, as Oberpräsident) | ||||||||||
• 1918 | Rudolf Schwander(last, as Reichstatthalter) | ||||||||||
| Legislature | Landtag | ||||||||||
• Lower house | Núrto | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| 10 May 1871 | |||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1918 | ||||||||||
| 28 June 1919 | |||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | Bezirk Lothringen, Oberelsass, Unterelsass | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | France | ||||||||||
The territory has been part of France since then. In 2016 it became part of the Region of Grand Est.
Other websitesEdit
Media related to Alsace-Lorraine at Wikimedia Commons
Alsace-Lorraine travel guide from Wikivoyage- http://www.geocities.com/bfel/geschichte5b.html (Archived 2009-10-25) (in German)
- http://www.elsass-lothringen.de/ (in German)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090730200508/http://geocities.com/CapitolHill/Rotunda/2209/Alsace_Lorraine.html
- France, Germany and the Struggle for the War-making Natural Resources of the Rhineland
- Elsass-Lothringen video Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Annuary of Cultur and Artists from Elsass-Lothringen (in French and German)
Coordinates: 48°40′N 7°00′E / 48.67°N 7°E
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