Alsace–Lorraine
1871–1918 territory of the German Empire
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Summary
Alsace–Lorraine is a territory[1]. Alsace–Lorraine ranks in the top 2% of territory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,070 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: German Reich[3]
- Country: German Empire[4], France[5]
- Continent: Europe[6]
- Instance of: administrative territorial entity[7], Reichsland[8], historical region[9]
- Capital: Strasbourg[10]
- Official language: German[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Unterelsaß[12], Upper Alsace[13], Bezirk Lothringen[14]
- Follows: Bas-Rhin[15], Haut-Rhin[16], Moselle[17], Meurthe[18], Vosges[19]
- Followed by: Bas-Rhin[20], Haut-Rhin[21], Moselle[22]
- Legislative body: Parliament of the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine[23]
- Commons category: Alsace-Lorraine[24]
- Inception: May 20, 1871[25]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: November 11, 1918[26], June 28, 1919[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Alsace-Lorraine[28]
- Population: 1,549,738[29]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[30], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[32], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[34], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[36], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[37], The New Student's Reference Work[38], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[39]
- Replaces: Vosges[40], Meurthe[41]
- Replaced by: French Third Republic[42], Alsace-Moselle[43]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Alsace-Lorraine[44]
- Contributing factor of: World War I[45]
- Native label: Elsass-Lothringen[46]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Alsace-Lorraine[47]
- Different from: Reichsland[48]
- Area: 14,522 km²[49]
- Position held by head of the organization: Statthalter (États allemands)[50]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Alsace–Lorraine include Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic[51], a historical event[52], in Weimar Republic[53], founded in 1918[54].
Why It Matters
Alsace–Lorraine has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Alsace–Lorraine is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for Alsace–Lorraine include Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic[51], a historical event[52], in Weimar Republic[53], founded in 1918[54].