[EN] An eternity ago, maps and information were posted here to trace the development of today's Saarland from the Ancien Regime to its affiliation to the FRG. Almost 170 years! The period under consideration in my project is not that extensive after all. The "long 19th century" (1789-1918) as a period of observation is also very ambitious. The exact period under consideration is difficult to pin down in terms of dates, as it is primarily about the effects of industrialisation, which was still in its infancy in the first half of the 19th century. It will end around 1914, as WW1, as an exceptional situation, greatly changes the issues of environmental history. Nevertheless, the aim here is to look beyond the horizon, as certain processes did not simply end in 1914 or 1918. At the other end is the year 1810. Tomorrow I'll reveal why this year represents an epochal boundary for environmental history...
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