Alsace–Lorraine

The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine ( or ,  or ) was a territory created by the German Empire in 1871 after its victory in the Franco-Prussian War. It was made up of almost all of the French region of Alsace and about a quarter of Lorraine, hence its name. France took it back in 1918 and it became part of that country as a result of Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Nazi Germany de facto took it back in 1940 but France took it back in 1945.

The territory has been part of France since then. In 2016 it became part of the Region of Grand Est.

Other websites

 http://www.geocities.com/bfel/geschichte5b.html(Archived  2009-10-25) 
 http://www.elsass-lothringen.de/  
 https://web.archive.org/web/20090730200508/http://geocities.com/CapitolHill/Rotunda/2209/Alsace_Lorraine.html
 France, Germany and the Struggle for the War-making Natural Resources of the Rhineland
 Elsass-Lothringen video 
 Annuary of Cultur and Artists from Elsass-Lothringen 

Category:Former countries in Europe
Category:1871 establishments in Europe
Category:States of the German Empire