Unterelsaß
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Lower Alsace (, also spelled ; ) was the northern part of the historical region Alsace. From 1871 to 1918, Bezirk Unterelsaß was the name for the central district (Bezirk) of the imperial territory of Alsace–Lorraine in the German Empire.
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- Country
- German Empire
- Located in
- Alsace–Lorraine
- Capital
- Strasbourg
- Population
- 700938
- Followed by
- Bas-Rhin
- Follows
- Vosges
- Image
- DistrictNederElzas.png
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- inception
- 1871-05-20
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1919-10-17
- Commons category
- Bezirk Unterelsaß
- different from
- Landgraviate of Lower Alsace
- replaces
- Vosges
- replaced by
- Bas-Rhin
- P12749
- Zamboni
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Administrative and political organization
- Capital and subdistricts
- The official flag
- Annexed municipalities from the neighbor department
- First German federal elections 1874
- Third German federal election, 1877
- Fourth German federal election, July 30, 1878
- Fifth German federal elections 1881
- See also
- References
- External links
- Sources
- For the federal elections
Lower Alsace (, also spelled ; ) was the northern part of the historical region Alsace. From 1871 to 1918, Bezirk Unterelsaß was the name for the central district (Bezirk) of the imperial territory of Alsace–Lorraine in the German Empire.
==Administrative and political organization== According to the census 1886 the district of Lower Alsace comprised: 8 subdistricts ("Kreise") 31 cantons 560 municipalities area 612.078 inhabitants (Males 299.456 Females 312.622) Catholics 381.748 Protestants 209.199 Jews 19.848 Other faiths 1.220
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