Encyclopedia - Alsace: Encyclopedia - Alsace
Alsace (French: Alsace; Alsatian/German: Elsass) is one of the 26 régions of France. Originally part of the Holy Roman Empire and inhabi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alsace: Encyclopedia Ii - Alsace - Demographics
Alsace's population increased to 1,734,145 in 1999. It has regularly increased over time, except in wartime, by both natural growth and m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alsace: Encyclopedia Ii - Alsace - Culture
Historically part of the Holy Roman Empire, the region has passed between French and German control numerous times, resulting in a rich c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alsace: Encyclopedia Ii - Alsace - History
In prehistoric times, Alsace was inhabited by nomadic hunters, but by 1500 B.C. Celts began to settle in Alsace, clearing and cultivating...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alsace-moselle: Encyclopedia - Alsace-moselle
The Alsace-Moselle is the current legal name of the Alsace-Lorraine territory, the part of France that was part of Germany from 1871 to 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alsace-lorraine: Encyclopedia - Alsace-lorraine
Alsace-Lorraine (French: Alsace-Lorraine; German: Elsass-Lothringen) was the territory originally of the German empire, ceded to Louis XI...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Frontiers: Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Frontiers
The Battle of the Frontiers was a series of battles fought along the eastern frontier of France and in southern Belgium shortly after the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alemannic: Encyclopedia - Alemannic
The term Alemannic can have several meanings. Alemannic German is a dialect family in the Upper Germanic branch of the German language, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Dreyfus: Encyclopedia - Alfred Dreyfus
Alfred Dreyfus (October 9, 1859–July 12, 1935) was a French military officer best known for being the focus of the Dreyfus affair. Born...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colmar: Encyclopedia - Colmar
2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military perso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 720: Encyclopedia - 720
720 - Events. Umayyad caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz succeeded by Yazid II ibn Abd al-Malik The Nihonshoki (日本書紀), one of the old...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Strasbourg: Encyclopedia - University Of Strasbourg
The University of Strasbourg in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, is divided into three separate institutions. They are (with approximate speci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1469: Encyclopedia - 1469
1469 - Events. July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed princess Isabella of Castile. This event ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antoine Augustin Calmet: Encyclopedia - Antoine Augustin Calmet
Antoine Augustin Calmet (1672-1757), French Benedictine, was born at Ménil-la-Horgne, near Commercy, Lorraine, France on the 26th of Feb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adalbert Of Magdeburg: Encyclopedia - Adalbert Of Magdeburg
Adalbert of Magdeburg ( d. June 20, 981), sometimes known as the "Apostle of the Slavs", was possibly born in Alsace. His feast day is Ju...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood Libel Against Jews: Encyclopedia - Blood Libel Against Jews
Blood libels were the false accusations that Jews used human blood, especially the blood of Christian children, in religious rituals. In ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Décapole: Encyclopedia - Décapole
The Décapole (Zehnstädtebund in German) was an alliance of ten towns in Alsace, France in a league founded in 1354, and discontinued in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baron Haussmann: Encyclopedia - Baron Haussmann
Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann (March 27, 1809 – January 11, 1891) was a French civic planner whose name is associated with the rebuil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André Weil: Encyclopedia - André Weil
André Weil (May 6, 1906 - August 6, 1998) was one of the great mathematicians of the 20th century. He is known for his foundational work...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yves Saint-laurent: Encyclopedia - Yves Saint-laurent
Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent (born August 1, 1936 in Oran, Algeria) is a French fashion designer. Yves Saint-Laurent - Early ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albert Schweitzer: Encyclopedia - Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer, OM, (January 14, 1875 – September 4, 1965) was a German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. He was bor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colmar: Encyclopedia Ii - Colmar - History
The town of Colmar was founded in the 9th century. This was the place where Charles the Fat held a diet in 884. Colmar was granted the st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alsace Regional Council: Encyclopedia Ii - Alsace Regional Council - 2004 Elections
Alsace Regional Council - First election. Eight lists were deposited for the 2004 elections (final results): LO - LCR : François...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alsace-lorraine: Encyclopedia Ii - Alsace-lorraine - History
Lorraine was part of the German Holy Roman Empire since the division of the empire of Charlemagne at the Treaty of Verdun in the 9th cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Frontiers: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Frontiers - Prelude
The objective of the French Plan XVII was to recapture the provinces of Alsace-Lorraine, lost in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, pinning...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Regional Elections 2004: Encyclopedia Ii - French Regional Elections 2004 - Results By Region
The first round was held on March 21. Since no candidate gained a majority in any region, a second round was held on March 28, in which o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lorraine Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Lorraine Province - History
Lorraine was originally an independent kingdom. It was created in 843, when the Carolingian empire was divided between the three sons of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Frontiers: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Frontiers - Alsace & Lorraine
On 7 August the first French attack of the war, known as the Battle of Mulhouse, began in the south when the French VII Corps advanced in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Frontiers: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Frontiers - Charleroi & Mons
By 20 August, Lanrezac's Fifth Army had begun to concentrate on a 40 km front along the Sambre, centred on Charleroi and extending east t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Frontiers: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Frontiers - Ardennes Offensive
Under Plan XVII, the French offensive against the German centre through the lower Ardennes was to involve the Third, Fourth and Fifth Fre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haut-rhin: Encyclopedia Ii - Haut-rhin - History
The département was created during the French Revolution, on March 4, 1790 by application of the law of December 22, 1789 on the souther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mulhouse: Encyclopedia Ii - Mulhouse - History
The first written records of Mulhouse date from the 12th century. It was a member of the Décapole, an association of ten free towns in A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomi Ungerer: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomi Ungerer - Biography
Tomi Ungerer was born in Strasbourg in Alsace. His mother Alice moved to Logelbach, near Colmar, after the death of Tomi's father, Theodo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France In Modern Times: Encyclopedia Ii - France In Modern Times - France And The French In The 20th Century
France in modern times - Geography. In 1914, the territory of France was different from today's France in two important ways : mos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cross Of Lorraine: Encyclopedia Ii - Cross Of Lorraine - Symbol In France
The Cross of Lorraine is part of the heraldic arms of Lorraine in eastern France. It was originally the symbol of Joan of Arc, renowned f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lorraine Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Lorraine Province - Culture
Most of Lorraine is widely considered 'French', hence Bismarck only annexed about a third of today's Lorraine to the German Empire follow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pretzel: Encyclopedia Ii - Pretzel - History
Sources differ as to the time and place of the pretzel's origin. Many sources say it originated in southern Germany (where it remains ver...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ribeauvillé: Encyclopedia Ii - Ribeauvillé - History
Ribeauvillé (in the 19th century know as Rappoltsweiler), was also known in the 8th century as Rathaldovilare, passed from the bishops o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Wyler: Encyclopedia Ii - William Wyler - Career
Wyler was born Wilhelm Weiller to a Jewish family in Mulhouse in the French region of Alsace (then part of the German Empire), the nephew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood Libel Against Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood Libel Against Jews - Descriptions Of Alleged Ritual Murder
In general, the "procedure" for the alleged sacrifice was something like this: a child, normally a boy who had not yet reached puberty, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood Libel Against Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood Libel Against Jews - Actual Jewish Practices Regarding Blood And Sacrifice
The descriptions of torture and human sacrifice in the anti-Semitic blood libels run contrary to many of the actual teachings of Judaism....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pietism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pietism - History
Pietism - Founding. The direct originator of the movement was Philipp Jakob Spener. Born at Rappoltsweiler in Alsace on 13 January 1635...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood Libel Against Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood Libel Against Jews - Famous Instances
There were a great many blood libel accusations and trials of Jews until the modern day. Relatively few of them are discussed here. Bloo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Lands Of The Carolingian Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Lands Of The Carolingian Empire - Prior To The Formation Of The Empire 751–800
Kingdom of the Franks (751–768). Containing: Kingdom of Aquitaine (containing regions of: Aquitaine, Auvergne, Gascony, Septimania (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood Libel Against Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood Libel Against Jews - Modern Blood Libels
Blood libel against Jews - In Arab and Muslim nations. Blood libel stories have appeared a number of times in the state-sponsored media...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alstom: Encyclopedia Ii - Alstom - History
The name of the company derives from the French region of Alsace and the surname of the engineer Elihu Thomson. The company always writes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhineland: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhineland - The Political Entity
The Rhine Province was created in 1824 by joining the provinces of Lower Rhine and Jülich-Kleve-Berg. Its capital was Koblenz; it had 8....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhineland: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhineland - Following The First World War
Following the Armistice of 1918, Allied forces occupied the Rhineland as far east as the river with some small bridgeheads on the east ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhineland: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhineland - The 1945 Military Campaign
In early 1945, after a long winter stalemate, military operations by the Allied armies in Northwest Europe resumed with the goal of reach...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhineland: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhineland - Following The First World War
Following the Armistice of 1918, Allied forces occupied the Rhineland as far east as the river with some small bridgeheads on the east ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhineland: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhineland - Geography
The Rhineland is in western Germany, and abuts international boundaries with France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Holland. The River Rhine for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhineland: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhineland - The 1945 Military Campaign
For five months from September, 1944 until February, 1945 the U.S. First Army fought a costly battle to capture the Hurtgen Forest. In te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Stephen: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Stephen - St Stephen's Day
December 26, the "feast of Stephen" referred to in the Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas, is called "St. Stephen's Day"; it is a public...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jules Cardinal Mazarin: Encyclopedia Ii - Jules Cardinal Mazarin - Mazarin's Policies For France
Mazarin continued Richelieu's anti-Habsburg policy and laid the foundation for Louis XIV's expansionism. The victories of Condé and Ture...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Lands Of The Carolingian Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Lands Of The Carolingian Empire - From The Treaty Of Verdun Until The Death Of Charles The Fat 843–888
Kingdom of Aquitaine (843–860). (containing regions of: Aquitaine, Auvergne, Gascony, Septimania (844–860)) Kingdom of the Centr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breisgau: Encyclopedia Ii - Breisgau - Borders And Area
The Breisgau includes the flat area around river Rhine, the foothills of the Black Forest and the western faces of the southern Black For...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Former Countries In Europe After 1815: Encyclopedia Ii - Former Countries In Europe After 1815 - Moldavia
Moldavia (1601-1861: Moldova) Moldavia, that had become independent from the Ottoman Empire and united with Wallachia in 1593, became fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burgundy Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Burgundy Wars - The General Situation
The dukes of Burgundy had succeeded, over a period of about 100 years, in establishing their rule as a strong force between the Holy Roma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Former Countries In Europe After 1815: Encyclopedia Ii - Former Countries In Europe After 1815 - Saarland
Saar Territory (1920-1935: Saargebiet) The League of Nations separated the Saar region from Germany and established the Saar Territory u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swabian War: Encyclopedia Ii - Swabian War - Further Consequences
Basel had remained studiously neutral throughout the whole war. Although allied with some cantons of the Swiss Confederacy, it also had s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bugatti: Encyclopedia Ii - Bugatti - Under Ettore Bugatti
Although founder Ettore Bugatti was born in Italy, the automobile company that bears his name was located in Molsheim, in the then-German...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burgundy Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Burgundy Wars - The Conflict
Initially in 1469, Duke Sigismund of Habsburg of Austria assigned his possessions in the Alsace as a fiefdom to the Duke of Burgundy, Cha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rudolph I Of Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Rudolph I Of Germany - Life
Rudolph was the son of Albert IV, Count of Habsburg, and Hedwig, daughter of Ulrich, Count of Kyburg, and was born at Limburg an der Lahn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reichskommissar: Encyclopedia Ii - Reichskommissar - Third Reich
The title of Reichskommissar was given by Führer Hitler to some Nazi-governors, mainly in the following German-occupied countries during...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Stephen: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Stephen - St Stephen's Day
December 26, the "feast of Stephen" referred to in the Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas, is called "St. Stephen's Day"; it is a public...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moselle River: Encyclopedia Ii - Moselle River - Geography
The source of the Moselle is at the western slope of the Ballon d'Alsace in the Vosges mountains. The Moselle flows through the Lorraine ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wine Bottle: Encyclopedia Ii - Wine Bottle - Colors
The traditional colors used for wine bottles are: Bordeaux: dark green for reds, light green for dry whites, clear for sweet whites. Bur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. First Army: Encyclopedia Ii - U.s. First Army - First Us Army Honors
U.S. First Army - Campaign Participation credit. St. Mihiel Meuse-Argonne Lorraine 1918 Normandy (with arrowhead) Northern France ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eugene V. Debs: Encyclopedia Ii - Eugene V. Debs - Rise To Prominence
Debs was born in Terre Haute, Indiana (where he lived most of his life), to middle-class immigrant parents, from Colmar, Alsace. At the a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sarreguemines: Encyclopedia Ii - Sarreguemines - History
From 1871 to 1918 it formed part of Germany, in the imperial province of Alsace-Lorraine and manufactured plush velvet, leather, porcelai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Language: Encyclopedia Ii - German Language - Geographic Distribution
German is spoken primarily in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, in two-thirds of Switzerland, in two-thirds of the South Tyrol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concentration Camp: Encyclopedia Ii - Concentration Camp - France
Under Nazi occupation, the Natzweiler-Struthof camp, in Alsace, was one concentration camp on French soil during the Second World War -- ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concentration Camp: Encyclopedia Ii - Concentration Camp - France
Under Nazi occupation, the Natzweiler-Struthof camp, in Alsace, was one concentration camp on French soil during the Second World War -- ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ferdinand Ii Holy Roman Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Ferdinand Ii Holy Roman Emperor - King Of Bohemia
In 1617, Ferdinand was elected King of Bohemia by the Bohemian Diet. He also secured support from the Spanish Habsburgs for his claim to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eugene V. Debs: Encyclopedia Ii - Eugene V. Debs - Rise To Prominence
Eugene Debs was born in Terre Haute, Indiana (where he lived most of his life), to middle-class immigrant parents, from Colmar, Alsace. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Compiègne: Encyclopedia Ii - Compiègne - Sights
Compiègne - Memorials at the site of the 1918 Armistice. Alsace-Lorraine Memorial: a depiction of a sword (representing the allies) s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Liège: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Liège - The Plan
In 1870, soon after the German military defeated the French in the Franco-Prussian War, German military leader Helmuth von Moltke began f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André Weil: Encyclopedia Ii - André Weil - Life
Born in Paris to Alsatian parents who fled the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany, he studied in Paris, Rome and Göttingen and rec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sauerkraut: Encyclopedia Ii - Sauerkraut - Geographical Spread
Sauerkraut, a relative of kimchi and other fermented vegetables, is thought to have originated in the north of China among the Mongols an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sundgau: Encyclopedia Ii - Sundgau - Population
The population reached 61,841 inhabitants in 1999 (up from 57,112 in 1990), an increase of 8.3%. Thus it paralleled the demographic growt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kulturkampf: Encyclopedia Ii - Kulturkampf - Overview
The German Empire was dominated by Prussia, which was, like most of northern Germany, a Protestant state. Because the Empire had descende...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Delta Delta Delta: Encyclopedia Ii - Delta Delta Delta - Philanthropy
In 1999, Tri Delta joined with St. Jude Children’s Research hospital to form a partnership. With this arrangement St. Jude (through the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Germany - Weimar Republic
Main article: Weimar Republic On 28 June 1919 the Treaty of Versailles was signed. Germany was to cede Alsace-Lorraine, Eupen-Malmédy, N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France In Modern Times: Encyclopedia Ii - France In Modern Times - Historical Overview
France in modern times - From World War I to World War II. World War I (1914-1918) brought great losses of troops and resources . Fough...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Siege Of Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - Siege Of Paris - Results
The Prussians had secured their victory in the Franco-Prussian War. On January 18, 1871 at Versailles Wilhelm I was proclaimed German Emp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Ix Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Ix Of France - Places Named After Saint Louis
The cities of Saint Louis, Missouri, Saint-Louis du Sénégal in Senegal, Saint-Louis in Alsace, as well as Lac Saint-Louis in Quebec, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German As A Minority Language: Encyclopedia Ii - German As A Minority Language - The Status Of The Language Around The World
German as a minority language - German is an official language in the following regions/countries in Europe. the Alsace in France Aust...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foie Gras: Encyclopedia Ii - Foie Gras - Main Producers
France is now the "home" of foie gras. 80% of the world production (16370 tonnes in 2003, 96% in duck and the rest in goose), and 98% of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rer: Encyclopedia Ii - Rer - Trains
The overall predominance of suburban SNCF track on the RER network explains why RER trains drive on the left, like SNCF trains (except in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin I Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Baldwin I Of Constantinople - Early Life
Baldwin was the son of Baldwin V of Hainaut, and Margaret I, sister of Philip of Alsace and Countess of Flanders. When Philip died childl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André Maginot: Encyclopedia Ii - André Maginot - Early Years To World War I
Maginot was born in Paris, but spent a part of his youth in Alsace-Lorraine, the region where later on the line of fortifications that he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: Encyclopedia Ii - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Funding
All medically eligible patients who are accepted for treatment at St. Jude are treated without regard for the family's ability to pay. No...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint-omer: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint-omer - Nearby Areas
At the end of the marsh, on the borders of the forest of Clairmarais, are the ruins of the abbey founded in 1140 by Thierry of Alsace, to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rc Strasbourg: Encyclopedia Ii - Rc Strasbourg - History
In 1906 a group of youngsters in the Neudorf neighborhood of Strasbourg bought their first leather soccer ball. With the help of their pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josel Of Rosheim: Encyclopedia Ii - Josel Of Rosheim - Advocate Of The German Jews
Becoming steadily better known, even beyond the borders of Alsace, as a defender of Jewish communities in religious and legal matters, Jo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Le Chiffre: Encyclopedia Ii - Le Chiffre - Novel Bio
Le Chiffre, alias "Herr Nummer", "The Number", "Herr Ziffer"; was the paymaster of the "Syndicat des Ouvriers d'Alsace", a SMERSH control...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wallace Fountain: Encyclopedia Ii - Wallace Fountain - Background
During the Franco-Prussian War, Paris went through difficult times. The re-establishment of the Republic, the short-lived coup by the Par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alsace: Encyclopedia Ii - Alsace - Economy
According to INSEE, Alsace had a gross domestic product of 44.3 billion euros in 2002. With a GDP per capita of 24,804 €, it was the se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alsace: Encyclopedia Ii - Alsace - Transport
Alsace - The road network. Most major car journeys are made on the A35 motorway (with intermittent areas of dual carriageways), which l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alsace: Encyclopedia Ii - Alsace - Geography
Alsace has an area of 8280 km², making it the smallest région of metropolitan France. It is almost four times longer than it is wide, c...   » Read the article