Lorraine

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cultural region historical region

Lorraine is a historical and cultural region in northeastern France known for its strategic location bordering Luxembourg, Germany, and Belgium, and for its mixed French-German heritage.

Aliases (6)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region → historical region →
borders	Belgium → Germany → Luxembourg →
containsCity	Metz → Nancy → Thionville → Épinal →
country	France →
formerAdministrativeRegionOf	France →
frontierRegionOf	Franco-German border →
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom	Roman Catholicism →
hasDepartment	Meurthe-et-Moselle → Meuse → Moselle → Vosges →
hasHeritage	French → German →
hasMinorityLanguage	Alsatian (in border areas) → Lorraine Franconian → Luxembourgish →
hasRiver	Meurthe → Moselle →
hasSymbol	coat of arms with three alérions →
historicalCapital	Metz → Nancy →
historicalEvent	Franco-Prussian War territorial changes → World War I battles → World War II campaigns →
historicalStatus	Duchy of Lorraine →
knownFor	Mirabelle plums → Quiche Lorraine → industrial history → iron and steel industry → mixed French-German heritage → strategic location →
languageTradition	French → German → Lorrain Romance → Lorraine Franconian →
locatedIn	northeastern France →
partOf	Grand Est NERFINISHED → historic Holy Roman Empire (partially, in earlier periods) →
partOfRegion	Alsace-Lorraine →
wasAnnexedBy	German Empire →
wasAnnexedIn	1871 →
wasReturnedIn	1918 →
wasReturnedTo	France →

Referenced by (52)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bitche → Bitche → Duchy of Lorraine → Longwy → Metz → Meuse → Verdun, France →	historicalRegion
Battle of Verdun → Burgundian Wars → Franco-Prussian War → Liberation of France → Lorraine campaign → Operation Nordwind →	location
Cross of Lorraine ("region of Lorraine") → double-barred cross →	associatedWith
Metz → Moselle department →	formerRegion
Douaumont Ossuary → Fort Douaumont →	locatedInHistoricalRegion
Duchy of Lorraine ("Upper Lorraine") → Longwy ("French industrial basin of Lorraine") →	partOf
Rhenish Franconian → Upper German →	spokenIn
German Army Group G →	areaOfOperations
Raymond Poincaré →	birthPlace
historical province of Champagne →	borderedBy
Grand Est →	containsFormerRegion
Eastern France →	containsRegion
French–Luxembourg border →	crossesRegion
Duchy of Lorraine ("Province of Lorraine") →	followedBy
Grand Est →	formedByMergerOf
Lorraine Gary →	givenName
Cross of Lorraine →	hasCulturalSignificanceIn
North Shore municipalities →	hasMunicipality
Alsace-Lorraine →	hasPart
Nancy →	historicRegion
Vosges Mountains →	locatedIn
Ouvrage Simserhof →	locatedInFormerRegion
Joan of Arc →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Duchy of Lorraine →	namedAfter
Left Bank of the Rhine →	partlyFormedTerritory
Moselle River →	passesThroughRegion
Claude Lorrain →	placeOfBirth
Günther von Kluge →	placeOfDeath
Thionville ("Lorraine (historical)") →	region
Moselle →	regionBefore2016
Claude Lorrain →	regionOfOrigin
coat of arms of Lorraine →	represents
House of Guise →	seatOrDomain
Gare de l'Est →	servesRegion
Cross of Lorraine ("Lorraine region") →	symbolOf
Kingdom of the Franks →	territoryIncludes