Oberelsaß

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District of Upper Alsace Bezirk Oberelsaß (in German)
District of Alsace-Lorraine
1871–1918
Flag Coat of arms
Upper Alsace district with its subdistricts in different colours (1890)
Capital	Kolmar
Area
• 1885	3.508 km2 (1.354 sq mi)
• 1910	3.508 km2 (1.354 sq mi)
Population
• 1885	462.549
• 1910	517.865
History
• Franco-Prussian War	1870–1871
• Established	1871
• Disestablished	1918
Political subdivisions	6 rural districts
Preceded by Succeeded by Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin
Today part of	France

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Rot un Wiss, traditional flag of Alsace
History Germania Superior (Pagus Alsatiae) (83–475) Alemanni (circa 213–496) Alamannia (3rd-century–911) Duchy of Alsace (circa 630–699) Treaty of Verdun (843) Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg (982–1803) County of Ferrette (11th-century–14th-century) Salm (1165−1793) Landgraviate of Alsace (1186–1646) Lower Alsace Upper Alsace Further Austria (13th-century–1648) Décapole (1354–1679) County of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1456–1736) Upper Rhenish Circle (1500–1679) Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine (1871–1918) Gau Baden-Elsaß (1940–1945) Alsace (1945–2016) Grand Est (2016–) European Collectivity of Alsace (2021-)
Culture Coat of arms Flag Anthem People Language Demographics Musée alsacien (Hagenau | Strasbourg)
Concordat in Alsace-Moselle (1801): (including Lorraine ) Catholic Church Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg (Immediately subject to the Holy See) (Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg) (Lorraine: Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz) Protestantism: Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine: Lutheranism: Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine Calvinism : Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine Jewish consistories: Strasbourg Colmar (Lorraine: Metz)
Law Local law in Alsace-Moselle Concordat in Alsace-Moselle
Administrative divisions Capital: Strasbourg Bas-Rhin (Unterelsaß) Arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg Arrondissement of Molsheim Arrondissement of Saverne Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein Arrondissement of Strasbourg Haut-Rhin (Oberelsaß) Arrondissement of Altkirch Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé Arrondissement of Mulhouse Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller
Politics Regional Council of Alsace (1982–2015) Alsace independence movement Assembly of Alsace (2021-)
Alsace in the European Union European Parliament elections Constituency
Related topics Politics of France Politics of Germany Politics of the European Union
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Oberelsaß (or Upper Alsace,

• 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.

47°54′N 7°15′E / 47.900°N 7.250°E / 47.900; 7.250