Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kusvikira muna 1871, Belfort yaiva chikamu che"department" yeHaut-Rhin, muAlsace. Nhamba
Kurwiswa kweBelfort (pakati pa 3 Mbudzi 1870 na 18 Kukadzi 1871) panguva yehondo yeFranco Prussian kwakapikiswa zvinobudirira neFrance kudzamara varwi varayirwa kuti vape mazuva makumi maviri nerimwe mushure mekuramwa kwehondo pakati peFrance nePrussia kwakapedza hondo. Nharaunda yacho haina kubatanidzwa nePrussia sezvakaitwa Alsace yose. Yakachinjaniswa nenharaunda dzakapoteredza Metz. Yakaumba, sezvaichiri kuita, Territoire de Belfort. Kukombwa kwacho kunorangarirwa nechidhori chikuru, Shumba yeBelfort, chakaitwa naFrédéric Bartholdi. VaAlsace vakanga vasingadi kurarama pasi pehutongi hweGermany muAlsace yakabatanidzwa uye vaida hupenyu hweFrance uye musha muBelfort vakaita mupiro wakakura kuBelfort neFrance indasitiri (ona Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques) mushure me1872.