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Alsace-Lorraine
/ Elsaß-Lothringen
Alsace-Lorraine (French:
Alsace-Lorraine;
German: Elsaß-Lothringen)
was a territory disputed
between the nation states of
France and
Germany.
Today, Alsace
and Lorraine
are two
separate, adjacent provinces in
France. It was
French until
1871, German
until 1918,
French until
1940, German
until 1945, and
French since
then.
The territory, composed of
Alsace and parts of
Lorraine, originally
belonged to the
Holy Roman Empire of the
German Nation since the
year 921, but was gradually
annexed by France since the
Peace of Westphalia in
1648. After the
Franco-Prussian War in
1871, the
Treaty of Frankfurt
confirmed the return of
these parts to the
newly-founded
German Empire. A
short-lived independence
after
World War I was ended by
French troops in 1918 and
the
1919
Treaty of Versailles.
From the West to the East and from the East to the
West: identity avatars of the French Banaters (published
29 May 2007)
The Colonization of the Banat Following its Turkish
Occupation -
With particular emphasis on emigration
from Lorraine and Luxemburg (Southern Belgian province of Luxemburg)
(published 22 Feb 2007)
French & German Settlers from
Alsace-Lorraine, Luxembourg & Trier
- includes 106 family names & a
small list with statements of origin.
(Mercydorf
1734-1934 by
Peter Schiff - II. Settlement ~ c.)
Alsace-Lorraine Genealogy
Généalogie Lorraine / Genealogy in
Lorraine
Alsace, France -
Encyclopedie de L'Alsace,
Volume 5, Pages 2695-2698.
Article by Professor Jean Schweitzer,
Strasbourg, France.
Translation from French to English by
Michele LeBoldus, Ottawa, Ontario
Alsace Map
Alsace-Lorraine - an Enclave of Ethnic
Germans in France
Alsace-Lorraine Map
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