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    AlsaceLorraine (German: Elsaß–Lothringen), officially the Imperial Territory of AlsaceLorraine (German: Reichsland Elsaß–Lothringen), was a territory...
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  • Located between the Meuse and Rhine rivers, Alsace and Lorraine were at the center of the Carolingian Empire during the Middle Age. The territories were...
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  • communism formed workers' and soldiers' councils in several cities of Alsace-Lorraine from 8 to 22 November 1918. The red flag was thus hoisted atop Strasbourg...
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    Parliament in 2014 resulted in the merger of the Alsace administrative region with Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine to form Grand Est. On 1 January 2021, the departments...
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    both guaranteed by the 1911 constitution of Alsace-Lorraine. While many toponyms of German etymology in Lorraine were adapted to the High German standard...
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  • The Alsace-Lorraine Party (German: Elsass-Lothringen Partei; also known as Elsässer) was a political party in the German Empire. The party first contested...
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    conquest of Alsace by the armies of Louis XIV. In 1871, after the Franco-Prussian War, the city, as part of the Imperial Territory of AlsaceLorraine, became...
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    Allied supreme commander Marshal Ferdinand Foch, and the reconstructed AlsaceLorraine memorial, depicting a German Eagle impaled by a sword. The Armistice...
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    administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the provisional name of Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine (pronounced [alzas...
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    The Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine (French: Église protestante réformée d'Alsace et de Lorraine (EPRAL); German: Reformierte Kirche...
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    1944), the north-eastern quarter of Lorraine (the Moselle department) was annexed to Germany, along with Alsace. During that period the Cross served...
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    Duke of Lorraine in the 11th century. Particularly since the introduction of new French region Grand Est, the traditional Rot un Wiss flag of Alsace has been...
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    The territory of the former AlsaceLorraine, legally known as Alsace–Moselle, is a region in the eastern part of France, bordering with Germany. Its principal...
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  • Railways in AlsaceLorraine (Reich railways in Alsace-Lorraine) (EL) and those of the Chemins de fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine (AL). AlsaceLorraine is a region...
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    1918, the French occupied AlsaceLorraine. The French wasted no time in promptly proclaiming the reunion of Alsace-Lorraine with France. Many of the Alsatians...
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    The Concordat in Alsace-Moselle is the part of the local law in Alsace-Moselle relating to the official status accorded to certain religions in these...
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  • self-proclaimed government of Alsace-Lorraine declared its independence as the "Republic of Alsace-Lorraine". French troops entered Alsace less than two weeks later...
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    population of Alsace was approximately 22,500, about 3% of the provincial population. Another 7500 Jews lived in neighboring Lorraine. Together they...
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    The Alsace-Lorraine Independent Brigade (French: Brigade indépendente Alsace-Lorraine, or BIAL), usually known as the Alsace-Lorraine Brigade or sometimes...
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    Lorraine Lotharingia divided, around 1000 AD   Alsace, ceded to Suebia (Swabia) in 925   Upper Lorraine after 928   Lower Lorraine after 977 Lorraine...
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    Colmar (redirect from Colmar, Alsace)
    Alsace, Colmar was ceded to the newly formed German Empire in 1871 as a result of the Franco-Prussian War and incorporated into the Alsace-Lorraine province...
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    of Moselle and Bas-Rhin (the Alsace bossue) and in the present-day federal state of Saarland was called German Lorraine (Deutsch-Lothringen). Nancy, the...
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    "Lorraine (My Beautiful Alsace Lorraine)" is a World War I era song released in 1917. Al Bryan wrote the lyrics. Fred Fisher composed the music. It was...
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  • The Alsace-Lorraine A 2 was a class of German 2-4-0 express passenger locomotives. In 1906 the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine (Reichseisenbahnen...
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    France's loss of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany in 1871. The German high command knew that France would muster its forces to go into Alsace-Lorraine. Aside from...
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    For the first time, members of German parties won seats in a few Alsace-Lorraine constituencies. Regionalists could, however, make gains elsewhere off...
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    Gabon, marking the end of the Wassoulou Empire. The annexation of Alsace and Lorraine by Germany in 1871 led to numerous volunteers from the two regions...
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    only the disputed border territory of Alsace-Lorraine was placed under direct German administration. Alsace-Lorraine was officially still part of France...
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    ISBN 3-406-07610-6. "Les députés protestataires d'Alsace-Lorraine" [The protesting deputies of Alsace-Lorraine]. Assemblée nationale (in French). Retrieved 3 July...
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    wanted to avenge the French defeat and reclaim the lost territories of Alsace-Lorraine. Revanchism draws its strength from patriotic and retributionist thought...
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