Alsace–Lorraine
1871–1918 territory of the German Empire From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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The territory has been part of France since then. In 2016 it became part of the Region of Grand Est.
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Media related to Alsace-Lorraine at Wikimedia Commons
Alsace-Lorraine travel guide from Wikivoyage- http://www.geocities.com/bfel/geschichte5b.html(Archived Archived 2009-10-24 at the Wayback Machine 2009-10-25) (in German)
- http://www.elsass-lothringen.de/ Archived 2020-10-30 at the Wayback Machine (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)
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