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After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II in 1945, Belgium planned to annex parts of the territory along the Belgian–German border. In addition to monetary compensations and the lending of labour forces, this was considered a way of reparations. In mid-April 1949, Belgium surprisingly waived any interest in most of the previously ...
Due to the route of the now defunct railway, six exclaves of Germany, completely surrounded by Belgian territory, as well as one counter-enclave, were created. Today five German enclaves remain surrounded by Belgian territory, consisting of the village Mützenich as well as parts of the districts of Monschaus and Roetgens. [3]
Prior to becoming an exclave, the area became part of Prussia in 1815, and then part of the German Empire in 1871. The exclave was created, when the ceding of Eupen-Malmedy from the German Empire to Belgium led to the railway Vennbahn crossing in and out of Belgium multiple times. At request of the Belgian government, the territory that the ...
West of Vennbahn trackbed; northernmost German enclave, mainly home to industrial and warehouse structures. Roetgener Wald [de; fr] 9.98 Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia state – Aachen district – Roetgen and Simmerath municipalities) Belgium (Liège province)
Because the road connecting the two outer German portions (Highways 258/399) was German territory until 1949, the German land formed one enclave. The intersecting north–south road from Fringshaus to Konzen (now Highway B258, which has no connection to the Belgian road network [ 18 ] ) was also part of the oddly shaped enclave.
Counter-enclave surrounded by Belgian exclave H1, in Baarle-Hertog; boundary of N4 and H1 runs through a warehouse, with vacant Dutch land to the rear of the warehouse. N5, De Rethsche Akkers: 1.9212 4.7475: Counter-enclave surrounded by Belgian exclave H1, in Baarle-Hertog; boundary of N5 and H1 runs through a furniture showroom, a shed and a ...
The Executive (government) of the German-speaking Community meets in Eupen.. The German-speaking Community (German: Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft (Belgiens), pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃˌʃpʁaːxɪɡə ɡəˈmaɪnʃaft ˈbɛlɡi̯əns], DG), [a] also known as East Belgium (German: Ostbelgien [ˈɔstˌbɛlɡi̯ən] ⓘ), [2] [b] is one of the three federal communities of Belgium. [3]
Some of the land to the west of the line remained German in five small enclaves. From north to south they are named Munsterbildchen, Rötgener Wald, Rückschlag, Mützenich and Ruitzhof. [7] A sixth German enclave to the south, Hemmeres, was also cut off by a railway line, but it was handed back to Germany in 1956. [8]