Unterelsaß
Unterelsaß (also spelled Unterelsass, French: Basse-Alsace, meaning Lower Alsace) was the northern part of the historical region Alsace or Elsass, inhabited originally by locals speaking Alemannic German. From 1871 to 1918, Bezirk Unterelsaß was the name for the central district (Bezirk) of the imperial territory of Elsaß-Lothringen (Alsace-Lorraine) in the German Empire.
| District of Lower Alsace Bezirk Unterelsaß (in German) | |||||||||||
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| District of Alsace-Lorraine | |||||||||||
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Lower Alsace district with its subdistricts in different colours (1890) | |||||||||||
| Capital | Straßburg | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1886 | 4.774 km2 (1.843 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1886 | 612.078 | ||||||||||
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| 1870–1871 | |||||||||||
• Established | 1871 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1918 | ||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | 8 rural districts 1 urban district (Strasbourg) | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | France | ||||||||||
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