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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 majority of Alsace–Lorraine's inhabitants were sceptical of the German Empire during the first two decades and voted for regional parties (Alsace–Lorraine Protesters and Autonomists). After Chancellor Bismarck's dismissal in 1890, the party landscape loosened, and parties of the Empire (Social Democrats, Centre, National Liberals , Left ...
English: Changes of the boundaries of departments in Alsace and Lorraine before and after the German Empire's rule (1871-1918). Français : Évolution territoriale des départements de l'Alsace et de la Lorraine avant et après l' Empire allemand (1871-1918).
Thus, the Welches valleys of Alsace and the Metz region, not following the linguistic border, found themselves "imperial territory" under the official name of "Alsace-Lorraine" and the direct administration of Emperor William. The preliminary peace treaty of February 26, 1871, put an end to the fighting between France and Germany.
Bezirk Lothringen (today's French: Présidence [1] de la Lorraine, at the time translated into French: Département de la Lorraine [2] i.e. Department of Lorraine), also called German Lorraine (Deutsch Lothringen), was a government region ("Bezirk") in the western part of Alsace-Lorraine when it was part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918.
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 ...
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The Upper Rhenish Circle as at the beginning of the 16th century Upper Rhenish Circle 1791. The Upper Rhenish Circle (German: Oberrheinischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1500 on the territory of the former Duchy of Upper Lorraine and large parts of Rhenish Franconia including the Swabian Alsace region and the Burgundian duchy of Savoy.