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The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine ((ドイツ語:Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen) or ''Elsass-Lothringen'') was a territory created by the German Empire in 1871 after it annexed most of Alsace and the Moselle department of Lorraine following its victory in the Franco-Prussian War. The Alsatian part lay in the Rhine Valley on the west bank of the Rhine River and east of the Vosges Mountains. The Lorraine section was in the upper Moselle valley to the north of the Vosges. The territory was made up of 93% of Alsace (7% remained French) and 26% of Lorraine (74% remained French). For historical reasons, specific legal dispositions are still applied in the territory in the form of a "local law". In relation to its special legal status, since its reversion to France following World War I, the territory has been referred to administratively as Alsace-Moselle.〔An instruction dated 1920-08-14 from the assistant Secretary of State of the Presidency of the Council to the General Commissioner of the Republic in Strasbourg reminds that the term ''Alsace-Lorraine'' is prohibited and must be replaced by the sentence "the département of Haut-Rhin, the département of Bas-Rhin and the département of Moselle". While this sentence was considered as too long, some used the term ''Alsace-Moselle'' to point to the three concerned départements. However, this instruction has no legal status because it is not based on any territorial authority.〕 ==Geography== Alsace-Lorraine had a land area of . Its capital was Straßburg. It was divided in three districts (''Bezirke'' in German): * Oberelsass, whose capital was Kolmar, had a land area of 3,525 km2 and corresponds exactly to the current department of Haut-Rhin * Unterelsass, whose capital was Strassburg, had a land area of 4,755 km2 and corresponds exactly to the current department of Bas-Rhin * Lothringen, whose capital was Metz, had a land area of 6,216 km2 and corresponds exactly to the current department of Moselle 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alsace-Lorraine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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