Tag Archives: Alsace

Colmar

Posted on June 3, 2014 by davidseurope

COLMAR City in Upper Alsace, one of the members of the DECAPOLIS, under the overlordship of the King of France from 1648. It was annexed by France in 1672 and forced to submit the following year. From 1698 it was … Continue reading →

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Bitsch

Posted on June 14, 2013 by davidseurope

BITSCH Once part of the County of Zweibrücken;  now the French town of BITCHE, near the frontier with Germany;  SSE of Zweibrücken, southwest of Pirmasens. In 1282 the County of Zweibrücken was partitioned between brothers.   The County of Zweibrücken-Bitsch included … Continue reading →

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Birkenfeld

Posted on June 13, 2013 by davidseurope

BIRKENFELD Town above the valley of the upper Nahe in Rheinland-Pfalz in western Germany, near the border with the Saarland.   It is the capital of the Landkreis of Idar-Oberstein. The town was part of the County of Sponheim, and, after … Continue reading →

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Belfort

Posted on June 1, 2013 by davidseurope

BELFORT Town in eastern France, strategically important because the Belfort Gap provides a through-route between the Vosges and the Jura Mountains. It was part of the County of Ferrette (Pfirt) in southern Alsace which passed to the Habsburgs through an … Continue reading →

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Bas-Rhin

Posted on May 21, 2013 by davidseurope

BAS-RHIN The Département du Bas-Rhin (67) is in northern Alsace in eastern France, bordering on Germany, both north and east. In 1790 the department was formed from Alsace, a region which had come largely under French control in the 17th … Continue reading →

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Austria ~ Hereditary Lands

Posted on May 4, 2013 by davidseurope

AUSTRIA ~ Hereditary Lands   Die ERBLANDE. The lands of the House of Habsburg which were held by hereditary right.   Until the 17th century these consisted of lands in the south of the Holy Roman Empire, extending from Alsace to Carinthia, … Continue reading →

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Alsace-Lorraine

Posted on April 14, 2013 by davidseurope

ALSACE-LORRAINE   ELSASS-LOTHRINGEN. Reichsland in the German Empire, 1871-1918.  In 1871, all Alsace, except the Territory of Belfort, and northeastern Lorraine, including the fortress city of Metz, were annexed to the German Empire.   The loss of this territory deeply embittered much … Continue reading →

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Alsace

Posted on April 14, 2013 by davidseurope

ALSACE   ELSASS (Ger), Alsatia (Lat). Region between the Vosges and the Rhine:  (1) a Duchy in the Merovingian era;  (2) a region in the Holy Roman Empire;   (3) a gouvernement in 18th century France;  (4) the greater part of the … Continue reading →

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Agri Decumates

Posted on April 4, 2013 by davidseurope

AGRI DECUMATES   Dekumatenland.  Roman region east of the Rhine, extending from the lowest reaches of the River Lahn southwards across the Main to include the valley of the Neckar and the Black Forest. When the Romans withdrew to the Rhine … Continue reading →

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