Alsace-Lorraine facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Imperial Territory of Alsace-LorraineReichsland Elsaß-Lothringen (German), Terre d'Empire d'Alsace-Lorraine (French) |
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| Imperial Territory of the German Empire | ||||||
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| Anthem Elsässisches Fahnenlied "The Alsatian Flag's song" |
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| 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 |
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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.
The territory has been part of France since then. In 2016 it became part of the Region of Grand Est.
Images for kids
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American cartoon showing the dispute over Alsace-Lorraine, 1898
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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.
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German patrol during the Saverne Affair
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Metz and the Lorraine returned to France, front page of Le Petit Journal dated 8 December 1918
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Monument to the Malgré-nous in Obernai, Alsace
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Spatial distribution of dialects in Alsace-Lorraine before the expansion of standard French in the 20th century
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Louis-Frédéric Schützenberger's The Exodus (1872), depicting Alsatians leaving newly annexed Alsace for France
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A statue in Nancy personifying the loss of Alsace and Lorraine
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"The Black Stain": In France, children were taught in school not to forget the lost provinces, which were coloured in black on maps. Painting by Albert Bettannier, a native of Metz who fled to Paris after the annexation of his hometown
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Map of Alsace-Lorraine and around, with German placenames, published in 1887
