Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin () is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its lower altitude among the two French Rhine departments: it is downstream of the Haut-Rhin (Upper Rhine) de ...
Grand Est
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region
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of north-eastern
France
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Strasbourg
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, is known for being the site of the
Battle of Wörth
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, which took place on 6 August 1870 in the opening stages of the
Franco-Prussian War
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mairie
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since 1977.
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Wynkyn de Worde
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File:Woerth-sur-Sauer (3).jpg, The River Sauer in Wœrth
File:Woerth 427.jpg, Buildings in the old part of the town
File:Woerth_416.jpg, Houses on the west side of Wœrth
File:Woerth monument bavarois.jpg, Bavarian battle memorial
File:Woerth monument francais.jpg, French battle memorial
File:Belvédère route d'Elsasshausen à Woerth (67).jpg, Hessian battlefield monument