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    Lorraine is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est. Its name stems from the medieval...
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    Alsace–Lorraine (German: Elsaß–Lothringen), officially the Imperial Territory of Alsace–Lorraine (German: Reichsland Elsaß–Lothringen), was a former territory...
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    Présidence de la Lorraine, at the time translated into French: Département de la Lorraine i.e. Department of Lorraine), also called German Lorraine (Deutsch Lothringen)...
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    Franco-Prussian War (redirect from 1870 War)
    after 1870: The Formation of the French Republic. UNC Press Books. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-4696-2292-7. Seager, Frederic H. (1969). "The Alsace-Lorraine Question...
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    language (often referred to as patois) spoken by now a minority of people in Lorraine in France, small parts of Alsace and in Gaume in Belgium. It is a langue...
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    French laws applied in France before 1870 and maintained by the Germans during the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine, but repealed in the rest of France after...
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    (1871) Patriotic poems, which were forbidden in Alsace-Lorraine by the German authorities En voyage (1881), poems La France (4 vols, 1854-1858) A schoolbook...
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    Abc-Clio. pp. 13–16. ISBN 9781851094394. "Full text of "Alsace–Lorraine since 1870"". New York, The Macmillan. 1919. Remaking the Map of Europe by Jean...
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    Belgium to the north. Parts of Meuse belong to Parc naturel régional de Lorraine. It had a population of 184,083 in 2019. Front lines in trench warfare...
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    opening of a more direct line put an end to that. One of the oldest towns in Lorraine, Neufchâteau was known as Noviomagus during the Roman period, when it was...
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  • Between the 16th and 18th centuries, Alsace and Lorraine, territories of the Holy Roman Empire located between the Meuse and Rhine rivers, were annexed...
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    Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine (French: Église protestante de la Confession d’Augsbourg d’Alsace et de Lorraine, EPCAAL; German: Protestantische...
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    by Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine. The land was included within the territory of Moyenmoutier Abbey. The Dukes of Lorraine controlled the transit of...
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  • The various toponyms in the historical region of Lorraine are often known by very different names depending on the language in which they are expressed...
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    Holy Roman Empire. The Duchy of Bar later became part of the province of Lorraine. The village of Domrémy was renamed Domrémy-la-Pucelle in honour of Joan...
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    Lonkech) is a commune in the French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France. The inhabitants...
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    Moselle (French pronunciation: [mɔzɛl] ) is the most populous department in Lorraine, in the northeast of France, and is named after the river Moselle, a tributary...
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    Charles, Comte de Flahaut (category 1870 deaths)
    Flahaut de La Billarderie, Comte de Flahaut (21 April 1785 – 1 September 1870) was a French general during the Napoleonic Wars, a senator, and later in...
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    Alderman Doolin's Campaign Speech Porter Steve Porter 1913 2038 Marche Lorraine New York Military Band 1913 2039 Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay Premiere...
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    Elsässisches Fahnenlied (category Alsace–Lorraine)
    Woerth (1870-1926) in German when Alsace-Lorraine was part of the German Empire (1871-1918). It was adopted as the official anthem of Alsace-Lorraine in 1911...
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    annexed the French regions of Alsace (keeping the Territoire de Belfort) and Lorraine (the northeastern part, i.e. present-day department of Moselle). The early...
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     12–20. ISBN 978-2714441416. de Ségur d'Armaillé, Marie Célestine Amélie (1870). Marie-Thérèse et Marie-Antoinette. Paris, France: Editions Didier Millet...
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    The territory of the former Alsace–Lorraine, legally known as Alsace–Moselle, is a region in the eastern part of France, bordering with Germany. Its principal...
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    Histoire des Juifs en Lorraine Liste des toponymes juifs en France AVINE-GOETZ, Patricia (2002). La communauté israélite de Moselle de 1870 à 1925 (vue à travers...
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    of the ducal House of Lorraine. Among the extensive privileges enjoyed by them was the coining of money; the Duchy of Lorraine was the last to hold this...
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    1871, Alsace-Lorraine became German, after the victory of Prussia and its German allies over the French in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871). In 1919...
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  • The forts of Metz are two fortified belts around the city of Metz in Lorraine. Built according to the design and theory of Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières...
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    Forbach (category Duchy of Lorraine)
    important mining town, with offices of the Houillères du Bassin de Lorraine (Lorraine coal mining board), a section of the French Coal Board. When the mining...
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    was created after the declaration of war on July 18 1870. The unit participated in combats in Lorraine, then divided to form a second army, the Army of Châlons...
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  • Abc-Clio. pp. 13–16. ISBN 9781851094394. "Full text of "Alsace-Lorraine since 1870"". New York, The Macmillan. 1919. REMAKING THE MAP OF EUROPE by Jean...
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