Alsace-Lorraine

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disputed territory historical region

Alsace-Lorraine is a historically contested border region between France and Germany, known for its mixed cultural heritage and strategic importance in European conflicts.

Aliases (1)

Alsace-Moselle region ×1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	disputed territory → historical region →
annexedBy	German Empire → Nazi Germany →
annexedFrom	France →
associatedWithConflict	Franco-Prussian War → World War I → World War II →
borderedBy	France → Germany → Luxembourg → Switzerland →
cededBy	France →
cededTo	German Empire →
createdBy	Treaty of Frankfurt (1871) →
culturalInfluence	French law → German law →
hasCity	Colmar → Metz → Mulhouse → Nancy → Strasbourg →
hasPart	Alsace → Lorraine →
historicallyContestedBy	France → Germany → Holy Roman Empire →
knownFor	bilingualism → industrial development → mixed French and German cultural heritage → strategic military importance → wine production →
languageUsed	Alsatian → French → German →
locatedIn	France → Germany → Western Europe →
occupiedBy	Nazi Germany →
partOf	European Union territory → French Fifth Republic → French Fourth Republic → French Third Republic → German Empire → Kingdom of France → Nazi Germany → Weimar Republic →
reintegratedAfter	World War II →
reintegratedInto	France →
religionMajority	Roman Catholicism →
returnedBy	Germany →
returnedTo	France →
returnedUnder	Treaty of Versailles (1919) →
timePeriod	19th century → 20th century →
traversedBy	Rhine River →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905 ("Alsace-Moselle region") →	hasException
Lorraine →	partOfRegion
Treaty of Versailles →	returnedTerritoryName