Alsace-Lorraine

Alsace-Lorraine was the name given to the territory ceded by France to the
newly-unified Germany under the 1871 Treaty of Frankfurt, which ended the
Franco-Prussian War and restored to France after World War I by the 1919
Treaty of Versailles. Its legal name is Alsace-Moselle.

The transferred area corresponded to the French dˇpartements of Moselle,
Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin. While the two latter corresponded to nearly all of
the historical province of Alsace, most of the traditional Lorraine remained
within France. French desire to recover the provinces was a major cause of
the tragic alliance system that led to World War I.

Under the German Empire of 1871-1918, the territory constituted the
autonimous Reichsland or Imperial Province of Elsass -Lothringen.
Ironically, the area had considerable autonomy under the federal German
Empire, and had its own legislature and laws. These priveleges were partly
lost when the area was restored to France.

It was again under German administration in 1940-45 during World War II.

To this day, the territory enjoys laws different from the rest of France on
certain issues.

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