Alsace-Lorraine
Disputed Rhine region
Alsace-Lorraine is a region in northeastern France along the German border, historically contested between France and Germany.
Germany annexed it after the Franco-Prussian War in 1871; France reclaimed it after World War I.
The region's back-and-forth ownership made it a symbol of Franco-German rivalry and a flashpoint for nationalist sentiment through the early twentieth century.
Alsatian regional capital
1870-71 European conflict
- Treaty of Frankfurt1871 armistice document
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- World War IFirst global military conflict
- World War IISecond global military conflict
Versailles Treaty · restitution · German Empire · Third Reich · occupation · revanchism · nationalism · sovereignty
French fermented cabbage
- pâtéSeasoned meat paste
- mirabelleSmall sweet yellow plum
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- half-timberedConstruction with visible framework
Christmas markets · dialect · costume · festival · accordions · faience · stork · pottery
Relating to both nations
- bilingualismProficiency in two languages
- dual heritageHaving two distinct ancestries
- integrationCombining into a whole
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
coexistence · cross-cultural · Germanization · dialect · belonging · partition · displacement · exile
Germanic aromatic white varietal
- GewurztraminerAromatic white grape variety
- Pinot GrisFrench white grape variety
- vineyardGrape-growing estate
- terroirGeography's influence on taste
grand cru · Muscat · Pinot Blanc · cave · viticulture · harvest · hillside · microclimate
Strasbourg
Alsatian regional capital
Nancy · Verdun · borderland
Franco-Prussian War
1870-71 European conflict
- Treaty of Frankfurt1871 armistice document
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- World War IFirst global military conflict
World War II · Versailles Treaty · restitution · German Empire · Third Reich · occupation · revanchism · nationalism · sovereignty · plebiscite
choucroute
French fermented cabbage
half-timbered · Christmas markets · dialect · costume · festival · accordions · faience · stork · pottery · cathedral
Franco-German
Relating to both nations
- bilingualismProficiency in two languages
- dual heritageHaving two distinct ancestries
- integrationCombining into a whole
assimilation · coexistence · cross-cultural · Germanization · dialect · belonging · partition · displacement · exile · repatriation
Riesling
Germanic aromatic white varietal
- GewurztraminerAromatic white grape variety
- Pinot GrisFrench white grape variety
- vineyardGrape-growing estate
terroir · grand cru · Muscat · Pinot Blanc · cave · viticulture · harvest · hillside · microclimate
- French HistoryNapoleon Bonaparte, French Revolution, Napoleon, Bastille, Reign of Terror
- Axis-Occupied LandsPoland, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway
- Border Conflictsborder skirmish, disputed territory, territorial claim, Gaza Strip, West Bank
- Franco-GermanFranco-Prussian War, Rhine, Rhineland, Strasbourg, Verdun
- Franco-Prussian WarFranco-Prussian War, Bismarck, Napoleon III, Moltke, Otto von Bismarck
- German EmpireBismarck, Wilhelm II, Reichstag, Prussia, unification
Alsace-LorraineParis
France's chief city
Berlin · heartland · national capital · London · Saxony