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unusual facts about Elsaß-Lothringen



Alfred Werner Maurer

Alfred Werner Maurer was also active in sports, he was a board member of the German Fencing Association, Board member of the National Sports Association Saar,Fencing Federation President Interregio Saar-Lor-Lux-Elsass-Südwest, President of the Federal fencers Saar.

Battle of Empel

On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary; In 1892, Maria Cristina of Austria (Maria Christina Désirée Henriette Felicitas Rainiera von Habsburg-Lothringen, u Österreich), Queen Regent of Spain, proclaimed Mary of the Immaculate Conception patroness of the entire Spanish Infantry.

Colette Baudoche

The book was adapted into the 1994 short film Lothringen! by Straub-Huillet.

Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg

Had his father not accepted his older brother Karl's marriage to Baroness Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, which would have been otherwise considered morganatic, Georg would have been his father's heir after his elder brother, as it would have been with Archduke Franz Ferdinand towards Emperor Franz Joseph.

Eugene Jolas

In 1987 the family later returned to Forbach in Elsass-Lothringen (today in French Lorraine), where Jolas grew up, and which had become part of Germany in 1871 following the Franco-Prussian War.

Hinrich Schuldt

He was promoted to Leutnant zur See (Second Lieutenant) in 1926 and served on the battleship SMS Elsass.

Huttenheim

Although the Rhine is some distance to the east, Huttenheim is positioned right on the eastern bank of the River Ill a major river originating in the Jura region and which is thought to have given Alsace/Elsaß its name: the Ill here flows from south to north, approximately parallel with the Rhine, before the two rivers fully connect at Strasbourg.

Munster, Haut-Rhin

In the nearby village of Gunsbach, Albert Schweitzer grew up in the late 19th century, when the region was known as Elsaß-Lothringen (Alsace-Lorraine) and was part of the German Empire.

Pennsylvania German language

The ancestors of Pennsylvania German speakers came from various parts of the southwest corner of the German-speaking region of Europe, including the Electorate of the Palatinate (German Kurpfalz), the Duchy of Baden, Swabia, Württemberg, Alsace (German Elsass), and Switzerland.

Reichsland

Denomination of Alsace-Lorraine as Reichsgebiet (imperial territory) Elsass-Lothringen between 1871 and 1918.

Wolfgang Musculus

Wolfgang Musculus, born "Müslin" or "Mauslein", (10 September 1497 in Duss (Dieuze), Lothringen – 30 August 1563 in Bern) was a Reformed theologian of the Reformation.


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