A recent question of what ports leaving if from the area of Alsace, Lorraine. Someone answered Havre (Le Havre) True, but not totally. During the 1700's into 1820's, people from Central Europe, (Switzerland, Wurttemberg, Baden, Alsace, Lorraine, the Palatinate and Rhineland) traveled the Rhine, the cheapest way to travel. They could then leave by Rotterdam or Antwerp. By the 1840's, railroads offered a quicker route and then Le Have became more popular and was either direct or indirect voyage choices. Bill Fehlinger-New Jersey