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It looks like the farmer's land spreads across the border. How is that possible? Or at the very least his land goes all the way to the border line. Either way,
by yalogin 6y ago
It looks like the farmer's land spreads across the border. How is that possible? Or at the very least his land goes all the way to the border line. Either way, in today's age when the line can digitally recorded, why do we need the stone? Both countries know where the line goes through. Could they not just ignore that one stone and let the farmer do his work? I was hoping they would just ignore it, instead I see that he has to put it back, else face criminal charges too.
- foepys 6y ago> How is that possible? May I introduce you to the town of Baarle-Hertog? A town that is not only split between the Netherlands and Belgium but inside the Netherlands with Belgium owning most of the town with Dutch fragments inside it. Some houses have a Dutch as well as a Belgian address. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarle-Hertog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarle-Hertog
- kazen44 6y agoAlso, if i remember correctly, they share common services too. (things like garbage, police, fire brigade etc).
- shdon 6y agoThe town itself is called Baarle, the Dutch part is part of a municipality called Baarle-Nassau (a little under 7000 inhabitants) and the Belgian part is part of a municipality called Baarle-Hertog (a little under 3000 inhabitants). Both municipalities also contain some smaller villages, which do not have the same border situation going on - that is entirely in the town of Baarle.