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Vosges

Also known as Vosges Mountains

The Vosges are a range of low mountains in north-eastern France, running parallel to the Rhine on the western side of the Upper Rhine plain and separating Alsace from Lorraine. Their highest summit, the Grand Ballon, reaches 1,424 m. In the Middle Ages the range lay within the Holy Roman Empire, with abbeys, small principalities and imperial towns on its slopes; a French department also bears its name.

Vosges
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LeuciImperial Abbey of MurbachKingdom of LotharingiaDuchy of LotharingiaCounty of MontbéliardFree Imperial City of MunsterFree Imperial City of KaysersbergFree Imperial City of RosheimWild- and RhinegraviatePalatinate-VeldenzPrincipality of SalmPrincipality of Salm

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Vosges. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/vosges
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