Upper Alsace
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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 Colmar Gebweiler (Guebwiller) Mülhausen (Mulhouse) Rappoltsweiler (Ribeauvillé) Thann
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- 517865
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- inception
- 1871-05-20
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1919-10-17
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- Bezirk Oberelsaß
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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 Colmar Gebweiler (Guebwiller) Mülhausen (Mulhouse) Rappoltsweiler (Ribeauvillé) Thann
The flag of Oberelsaß is a yellow bar on a red field decorated on each side with three crowns. The combination of this flag with that of Unterelsaß forms the flag of modern Alsace.
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