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| | Saverne -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | During the (Click link for more info and facts about Peasants' War) Peasants' War the town was occupied, in 1525, by the insurgents, who were driven out in their turn by (Click link for more info and facts about Duke Anton of Lorraine) Duke Anton of Lorraine. |
 | | Saverne was conquered by the (A person of German nationality) German empire, and regained by the French after (A war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918) World War I. |
 | | In 1912 a (A person of German nationality) German subaltern killed a cobbler in Saverne for smiling at him, hence leading to the term Zabernism (from the German name of the town), meaning abuse of military authority, or unwarranted aggression. |
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