ALSACE-LORRAINE

ALSACE-LORRAINE was a territory originally of the German empire, ceded to Louis XIV by the peace of Westphalia in 1648, but restored to Germany after the Franco-German war in 1870-71, by the peace of Frankfort. It was then placed under a governor general bearing the title of "Statthalter".

Prussia had annexed this region along with part of Lorraine to form Alsace-Larraine after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. However, Alsace was again restored to France after World War I. Alsace region is now in the northeastern France, on the borders with Germany and Switzerland.

It is a great wine-producing region, yields cereals and tobacco, and has also been important for its cotton manufacture. During German rule it was the most important cotton manufacturing region.