Upper Alsace was the southern part of the historical region Alsace. From 1871 to 1918, Bezirk Oberelsaß was a region (Bezirk) in the southern part of the province of Alsace–Lorraine in the German Empire. The region corresponds exactly to the current French department of Haut-Rhin. Its capital was Colmar. It was divided into the districts (Kreise) of:Altkirch within the Sundgau Colmar Gebweiler (Guebwiller) Mülhausen (Mulhouse) Rappoltsweiler (Ribeauvillé) Thann