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The Montz Family of Louisiana 1721 - Present |
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by Monty Montz |
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Alsace-Lorraine, with an area of 5,605 square miles, is a little larger than Connecticut. It lies in the north-eastern corner of France. Switzerland is to the South, Luxembourg to the North, and Germany on the East. The district is shaped roughly like an "L" upside down (Figure 2-3). Lorraine is the east-west arm, pointing towards England, and Alsace is the north-south arm along the Rhine. ... Most of the people are devout Roman Catholics. Strasbourg... is a great educational center. ... Metz has large steel mills.
HISTORIC IMPORTANCE:
Teutonic bands drove out the Celtic tribes of Alsace-Lorraine in the fourth and fifth centuries. The valuable provinces became a part of Charlemagne's Empire, and fell to Germany when the empire was divided among the famous ruler's grandsons. They remained German until the sixteenth century. Then, step by step, France gained control of them. Henry II captured Metz, Toul, and Verdun in 1552. The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 gave more Alsatian
