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Haut-Rhin - Definition and Overview |
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Haut-Rhin is a French département, named after the Rhine river.
History
The département was created during the French Revolution, on March 4, 1790 by application of the law of December 22, 1789 on the southern half of the province of Alsace (Haute-Alsace).
Its boundaries were modified many times:
- 1798, it absorbed Mulhouse, formerly a free city, and the last Swiss enclaves in the south;
- 1800, it absorbed the whole département of Mont-Terrible;
- 1814, it lost the territories which had been part of Mont-Terrible, returned to Switzerland, except the old principality of Montbéliard;
- 1816, it lost Montbéliard, which was attached to the département of Doubs;
- 1871, it was mostly annexed by Germany (Treaty of Frankfurt). The remaining French part formed the Territoire de Belfort;
- 1919, it was returned to France (Treaty of Versailles) but is still separated from Belfort.
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