Bezirk Lothringen

Department of Lorraine
*Bezirk Lothringen* (German)
*Présidence de Lorraine* (French)
Department of Lorraine Bezirk Lothringen (German); Présidence de Lorraine (French)
Department of Alsace-Lorraine
1871–1918
	Flag Coat of arms
	; Lorraine department with its districts in different colours (1890)
Capital	Metz
Area
• 1900	6,223 km2 (2,403 sq mi)
• 1910	6,228 km2 (2,405 sq mi)
Population
• 1900	564,829
• 1910	655,211
Government
• Type	regional administration
Bezirkspräsident
• 1871–1872	G.H. von Donnersmarck
• 1872–1873	Botho zu Eulenburg
• 1875–1876	Robert von Puttkamer
Präsident des Bezirkstags (speaker of parl.)
• 1874–1881	Auguste-François Adam
• 1881–1911	Édouard Jaunez
• 1911–1918	Georges Ditsch
Legislature	Bezirkstag (parliament)
Historical era	19th and 20th century
• Franco-Prussian War	1870–1871
• seized to Germany	19 May 1871
• reorganisation acc.; to German standards	; 1871
• Bezirkstag est.	1874
• reg. carsign VI C	1906
• French occupation	1918–1920
• seized to France ; Versailles Tr. (effective)	; 10 January 1918
• reconstituted as; Moselle dept.	1920
Political subdivisions	8 rural districts (as of 1901); 1 urban district (Metz)
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Moselle (old)
	Meurthe (department)
Moselle (department)
Today part of	France

Bezirk Lothringen (today's French: Présidence ^[1] de la Lorraine, at the time translated into French: Département de la Lorraine^[2] i.e. Department of Lorraine), also called German Lorraine (Deutsch Lothringen), was a government region ("Bezirk") in the western part of Alsace-Lorraine when it was part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918.

^ F. ROTH La Présidence de Lorraine dans l’Empire allemand de 1871 à 1918, Annales de l’Est, Mémoire n° 50, Nancy, 1976, Moulin-les-Metz, 720 pages
^ In official bilingual publications at the time the Bezirk Lothringen is translated as Département de la Lorraine. German was the official language and its promotion was furthered, but bearing the strong proportion of Francophone Lorrainese in mind several bilingual publications appeared especially referring to the area of their settlement in the west and south of the Department or referring to department-wide events and organisations. Cf. the title of the department's legal gazette: Amtsblatt für den Bezirk Lothringen / Recueil officiel des actes administratifs du Département de la Lorraine.

[1] F. ROTH La Présidence de Lorraine dans l’Empire allemand de 1871 à 1918, Annales de l’Est, Mémoire n° 50, Nancy, 1976, Moulin-les-Metz, 720 pages

[2] In official bilingual publications at the time the Bezirk Lothringen is translated as Département de la Lorraine. German was the official language and its promotion was furthered, but bearing the strong proportion of Francophone Lorrainese in mind several bilingual publications appeared especially referring to the area of their settlement in the west and south of the Department or referring to department-wide events and organisations. Cf. the title of the department's legal gazette: Amtsblatt für den Bezirk Lothringen / Recueil officiel des actes administratifs du Département de la Lorraine.

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