German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine (1871–1918)

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The German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine (1871–1918) was the period following the Franco-Prussian War when the newly formed German Empire seized and governed the border provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, profoundly shaping their political status, culture, and Franco-German relations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Franco-German territorial dispute
historical event
territorial annexation
appliesToPart Alsace
Lorraine
Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen
linked to: Alsace-Lorraine
capital Strasbourg
country German Empire
endedBy Armistice of 11 November 1918
Treaty of Versailles
endTime 1918
follows Franco-Prussian War
Treaty of Frankfurt (1871)
linked to: Treaty of Frankfurt
governingBody German Emperor
Reichstag of the German Empire
Statthalter of Alsace-Lorraine
hasCause French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War
hasEffect alienation of local French-speaking population
development of heavy industry in Lorraine
economic integration of Alsace-Lorraine into the German customs area
long-term Franco-German rivalry
militarization of the Franco-German border
rise of French revanchism
strengthening of German nationalism
tensions over linguistic and cultural rights
influenced French foreign policy before World War I
French national identity
German military planning on the Western Front
formation of the Franco-Russian Alliance
languageImposed German
languageUsed Alsatian
French
Lorraine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
legalBasis Treaty of Frankfurt (1871)
linked to: Treaty of Frankfurt
location Alsace
Lorraine
border region between France and Germany
opposedBy Alsatian autonomist movements
French Third Republic
partOf unification of Germany
resultedIn return of Alsace-Lorraine to France in 1918
significantEvent Germanization policies in education
World War I on the Western Front
emigration of French loyalists to France
fortification of Strasbourg
granting of a constitution to Alsace-Lorraine in 1911
introduction of German civil and criminal law
startTime 1871

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Neustadt of Strasbourg significantPeriod German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine (1871–1918)
German imperial district (Quartier Impérial) locatedInTimePeriod German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine (1871–1918)
Avenue de la Liberté (Strasbourg) builtDuring German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine
linked to: German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine (1871–1918)
Palais du Rhin symbolOf German annexation of Alsace
linked to: German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine (1871–1918)