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    AlsaceLorraine (German: Elsaß-Lothringen), officially the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine (German: Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen), was a former territory...
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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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    The November 1918 insurgency in Alsace-Lorraine is a series of events which occurred when the region of AlsaceLorraine passed from German to French sovereignty...
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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 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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    eastern France. Located at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace, it is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin department. It is the official seat...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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