The New Student's Reference Work/Alsace-Lorraine

Al'sace-Lorraine' (äl-säs' lor-rān'), an imperial territory of the German empire, composed of Alsace and those parts of Lorraine conquered from France in the war of 1870. It does not belong to any state of Germany, but is subject to the emperor directly, who appoints the governor or statthalter. The language spoken is generally German in Alsace and French in Lorraine. The country is a great wine-producing one, and is also engaged in the mining of ores and the manufacture of cotton. The principal city is Strassburg (population 167,678). Area 5,604 square miles; population of Alsace-Lorraine 1,871,702. In 1911 there were in the Reichsland 1303 miles of railway.