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)