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Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine
Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen  (German), Terre d'Empire d'Alsace-Lorraine  (French)
Imperial Territory of the German Empire
←
1871–1918 →
Flag Coat of arms
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem
Elsässisches Fahnenlied
"The Alsatian Flag's song"
Location of Alsace-Lorraine
Alsace-Lorraine within the German Empire
Capital city 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  France
Alsace-lorraine
Map of Territory

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.

The territory has been part of France since then. In 2016 it became part of the Region of Grand Est.


Images for kids

  • A new legend in an old dress - Keppler. LCCN2012647516
    An 1898 American political cartoon that depicts the dispute over Alsace-Lorraine as a medieval romance.
  • Gare de Metz R01

    The neo-Romanesque Metz railway station, built in 1908. Kaiser Wilhelm II instigated the construction of various buildings in Alsace–Lorraine supposedly representative of German architecture.

  • Zabern Militärpatrouille

    German patrol during the Saverne Affair

  • André Bas et Marthe Kuentz - 1919

    An Alsatian woman in traditional dress and a French officer, c. 1919

  • Front page, Le Petit Journal, 8 December 1918

    Metz and the Lorraine returned to France, front page of Le Petit Journal dated 8 December 1918

  • ObernaiMalgréNous

    Monument to the Malgré-nous in Obernai, Alsace

  • Alsace-Lorraine Dialects

    Spatial distribution of dialects in Alsace–Lorraine before the expansion of standard French in the 20th century

  • Alsace Lorraine
    Photo of a statue in the Place Maginot Nancy that personifies the loss of Alsace as separation of a mother and daughter.
  • The Geography Lesson or "The Black Spot"
    The Black Stain (1887) by Albert Bettannier.
  • LASB K Hellwig 0895
    The general government of Elsass (1875) by A. Petermann.
  • Deutsch-französische Grenzländer, mit genauer Einzeichnung der französischen Befestigungs-Anlagen
    1887 German map, using German place-names, of Alsace-Lorraine.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Territorio Imperial de Alsacia y Lorena para niños

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