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That railway and strange border is an old remnant of the Treaty of Versailles.
by staffanj 8y ago
That railway and strange border is an old remnant of the Treaty of Versailles.
- SyneRyder 8y agoOh wow! I knew I'd get an interesting reply. That helped me find some more info on the Travel StackExchange [1] & Fascinating Maps [2], if others are interested. I'm especially fascinated by Rückschlag, a single house & garden that is German territory within Belgium: [1] https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/105503/is-this-weird-area-on-the-belgium-germany-border-a-walkway-or-something-differen https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/105503/is-this-we... [2] https://fascinatingmaps.com/strange-german-exclaves-in-belgium-vennbahn/ https://fascinatingmaps.com/strange-german-exclaves-in-belgi...
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- bchallenor 8y agoThere's a fascinating YouTube series called "The Most Complex International Borders in the World" about enclaves and exclaves. [1] There are even some "counter-enclaves", e.g. a part of the Netherlands inside Belgium inside the Netherlands. [2] [1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=gtLxZiiuaXs https://youtube.com/watch?v=gtLxZiiuaXs [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarle-Nassau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarle-Nassau