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Eupen (German: ⓘ, French: ⓘ, Dutch: [ˈøːpə(n)] ⓘ; Ripuarian: Ööpe; Walloon: Neyåw; former French: Néau) is the capital of German-speaking Community of Belgium and is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Liège, 15 kilometres (9 miles) from the German border (), from the Dutch border and from the "High Fens" nature reserve ().
The Belgium–Germany border is crossed by two railways, the railway between Liège and Aachen, as well as the railway between Tongeren and Aachen.There are around 20 public roads which cross the border, of them 2 motorways (controlled-access highways), A3/A44/E40 and A27/A60/E42.
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] with an area ...
The executive organ of the municipality is known as the college of mayor and aldermen (Dutch: college van burgemeester en schepenen; French: collège des bourgmestre et échevins), commonly referred to as the college of aldermen (Dutch: schepencollege; French: collège échevinal), in Flanders and Brussels, and as the municipal college (French ...
The Belgian Forces in Germany (Forces belges en Allemagne or FBA, Belgische strijdkrachten in Duitsland, BSD), now renamed, changed from being an "army of occupation" to being an "army of protection" guarding a 60 kilometres (37 mi)-wide strip of German territory against possible attack by the Warsaw Pact.
The Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France (German: Militärverwaltung in Belgien und Nordfrankreich) was an interim occupation authority established during the Second World War by Nazi Germany that included present-day Belgium and the French departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. [1]
Below is a list of municipalities in Germany with over 20,000 inhabitants in December 2022. The list is sorted by population and gives the state of every municipality. In cases where the municipality's name in German differs from its name in English, the English name is listed first with the German name given in parentheses.
St. Vith was an important marketplace of the region by the 12th century and received town rights in 1350. The town was damaged by fires in 1543, 1602, and 1689. It was part of the Duchy of Luxemburg then of France until the defeat of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.