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The history of Alsace has been influenced by the Rhine and its tributaries, a favorable climate, fertile loess soils, and the region's relative accessibility through and around the Vosges. It was first inhabited by early modern humans during the Paleolithic .
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Strasbourg, Alsace, ... 1862 - Association philomathique d'Alsace et de Lorraine founded. [23] 1870 ...
Alsace (/ æ l ˈ s æ s /, [5] US also / æ l ˈ s eɪ s, ˈ æ l s æ s /; [6] [7] French: ⓘ) [8] is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in the Grand Est administrative region of northeastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine, next to Germany and Switzerland.
The political parties striving for an autonomous Alsace or a connection to France accounted only for a small proportion of votes in the last Reichstag, as well as in the local elections. [34] Pro-French Alsatian autonomists had won many votes in the more rural parts of the region and other towns since the 1871 German annexation.
Pages in category "History of Alsace" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The modern history of Alsace–Lorraine was primarily influenced by the rivalry between French and German nationalism. France long sought to attain and then preserve what it considered to be its "natural boundaries" , which is regarded as the Pyrenees to the southwest, the Alps to the southeast, and the Rhine to the northeast.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mulhouse, France. ... 2009 – Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération (regional government) created. 2010
The Province of Alsace (Province d'Alsace) was an administrative region of the Kingdom of France and one of the many provinces formed in the late 1600s. In 1648, the Landgraviate of Upper-Alsace was absorbed into the Kingdom of France and subsequently became the Province of Alsace, which it remain an integral part of for almost 150 years.
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