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.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Lorraine canonical 146
Lorraine region 2
French industrial basin of Lorraine 1

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 Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Vosges
hasHeritage French ⓘ
German ⓘ
hasMinorityLanguage Alsatian (in border areas) ⓘ
Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
surface form: Lorraine Franconian

Luxembourgish ⓘ
hasRiver Meurthe River ⓘ
surface form: Meurthe

Moselle River ⓘ
surface form: Moselle
hasSymbol coat of arms with three alérions ⓘ
historicalCapital Metz ⓘ
Nancy ⓘ
historicalEvent Franco-Prussian War territorial changes ⓘ
Campaigns of World War I ⓘ
surface form: World War I battles

World War II ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
surface form: Lorraine Franconian
locatedIn northeastern France ⓘ
partOf Grand Est ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: historic Holy Roman Empire (partially, in earlier periods)
partOfRegion Alsace-Lorraine ⓘ
wasAnnexedBy German Empire ⓘ
wasAnnexedIn 1871 ⓘ
wasReturnedIn 1918 ⓘ
wasReturnedTo France ⓘ

Referenced by (154)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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