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Alsace–Lorraine, now called Alsace–Moselle, is a historical region located in France. It was created in 1871 by the German Empire after it had seized the region from the Second French Empire in the Franco-Prussian War with the Treaty of Frankfurt. Alsace–Lorraine reverted to French ownership in 1918 … See more
Background
The modern history of Alsace–Lorraine was largely influenced by the rivalry between French and German nationalism.
France long sought to attain and then preserve what it considered to be its "natural boundaries", … See more•
• http://www.elsass-lothringen.de/ (in German)
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• German and Germanic dialects: 1,492,347 (86.8%)
• Other languages: 219,638 (12.8%)
Religion
When Alsace and the See more• Ashworth, Philip Arthur (1911). "Alsace-Lorraine" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 756–757.
• Bankwitz, Philip Charles Farwell. Alsatian autonomist leaders, 1919-1947 (UP of Kansas, 1978). See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license - People also ask
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