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Mulhausen

Western Front, Mulhouse: Color postcard view from Germany near the Swiss border looking to the west, across the Rhine River, at the southern Vosges mountains and the German cities of Mulhouse and Colmar in Lorraine, and Belfort, across the border, in France.

Western Front, Mulhouse: View from Germany near the Swiss border looking to the west, across the Rhine River, at the southern Vosges mountains and the German cities of Mulhouse and Colmar in Lorraine, and Belfort, across the border, in France. © Patentamtl. gesch.

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Belfort, Thann, Mulhausen, Colmar, Rhine, and names of other towns and mountain peaks

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Mulhausen, in Elsass, Germany, was briefly taken by the French First Army in August 1914, but was retaken by German forces on August 11, 1914. Before 1871 and after 1918 it was, and is today, Mulhouse in Alsace, France.

Mulhausen is a city in Germany.

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Statistics for Mulhausen (1)

Type Statistic
Population 94,967