Alsace-Lorraine
territory created by the German Empire in 1871
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 (German), Terre d'Empire d'Alsace-Lorraine (French) | ||||||
Imperial Territory of the German Empire | ||||||
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Anthem Elsässisches Fahnenlied "The Alsatian Flag's song" | ||||||
Alsace-Lorraine within the German Empire | ||||||
Capital | Straßburg (Strasbourg) | |||||
Government | Federal territory | |||||
Reichsstatthalter | ||||||
• | 1871–1879 | Eduard von Möller (first) | ||||
• | 1918 | Rudolf Schwander (last) | ||||
Legislature | Landtag | |||||
History | ||||||
• | Treaty of Frankfurt | 10 May 1871 | ||||
• | Disestablished | 1918 | ||||
• | Treaty of Versailles | 28 June 1919 | ||||
Area | ||||||
• | 1910 | 14,496 km2 (5,597 sq mi) | ||||
Population | ||||||
• | 1910 | 1,874,014 | ||||
Density | 129.3 /km2 (334.8 /sq mi) | |||||
Political subdivisions | Bezirk Lothringen, Oberelsass, Unterelsass | |||||
Today part of | ![]() |
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
- Annuary of Cultur and Artists from Elsass-Lothringen (in French and German)
Coordinates: 48°40′N 7°00′E / 48.67°N 7°E