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Upper Alsace.
name for the southern district (Bezirk) of the imperial territory of Elsaß-Lothringen (Alsace-Lorraine) in the German Empire from 1871 to 1918
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About Upper Alsace
Upper Alsace was the southern part of the historical region Alsace. From 1871 to 1918, Bezirk Oberelsaß was a district (Bezirk) in the southern part of the province of Alsace–Lorraine in the German Empire. The district was formed on 30 December 1871 from the former French département of Haut-Rhin, to which it corresponds exactly. Its capital was Colmar. It was divided into the districts (Kreise) of:Altkirch within the Sundgau
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- German Empire
- Inception
- May 20, 1871