Haut-Rhin

Haut-Rhin is a French d?partement, named after the Rhine river.

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The d?partement 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).

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Its boundaries were modified many times:

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• 1798, it absorbed Mulhouse, formerly a free city, and the last Swiss enclaves in the south;
• 1800, it absorbed the whole d?partement of Mont-Terrible;
• 1814, it lost the territories which had been part of Mont-Terrible, returned to Switzerland, except the old principality of Montb?liard;
• 1816, it lost Montb?liard, which was attached to the d?partement 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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Pena Rhin Auto Racing c.1950

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