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This created six German exclaves in Belgium, of which five still exist. [1] In May 1940, the Eupen-Malmedy area was re-annexed by Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler , and the area remained again part of Germany until 1945 when the area was returned to Belgium, making Münsterbildchen an exclave again. [ 2 ]
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]
Highway B258 is the only portion of land that, once having been a part of the Roetgener Wald enclave, is now not within the enclave. Belgium had a counter-enclave located near Fringshaus) from 6 November 1922 until 23 April 1949, while Germany owned the connecting roads that were part of the Roetgener Wald enclave
In political geography, an enclave is a piece of land belonging to one country (or region etc.) that is totally surrounded by another country (or region). An exclave is a piece of land that is politically attached to a larger piece but not physically contiguous with it (connected to it) because they are completely separated by a surrounding foreign territory or territories.
Baarle-Hertog (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌbaːrlə ˈɦɛrtɔx]; French: Baerle-Duc, pronounced [baʁl(ə)dyk]) is a Flemish municipality of Belgium, much of which consists of a number of small Belgian enclaves fully surrounded by the Netherlands.
The border between the modern states of Belgium and Germany has a length of 136 km (85 mi). [6] [a] The border runs between the Belgian region of Liege and the German regions of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. It runs from the Germany-Belgium-Luxembourg tripoint to the Germany-Belgium-Netherlands tripoint.
Eupen-Malmedy border changes between 1920 and 1945. Eupen-Malmedy is a small, predominantly German-speaking region in eastern Belgium.It consists of three administrative cantons around the towns of Eupen, Malmedy, and Sankt Vith which encompass some 730 square kilometres (280 sq mi).
The biggest part of modern territory of Belgium, along with the bulk of modern Germany, and other territories, had been part of the Holy Roman Empire for centuries until the end of the 18th century. The first king of Belgium after Belgium gained its independence in 1830 was Leopold I, who hailed from the aristocratic family of Saxe-Coburg and ...