Neutral Moresnet (French pronunciation: [mɔʁɛsnɛt], [mɔʁɛsnɛ], German pronunciation: [ˈmɔʁəsnɛt], [ˌmɔʁəsˈnɛt]) was a small Belgian–Prussian condominium...
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On 4 August 1914, Germany invaded Belgium, initially leaving Neutral Moresnet as "an oasis in a desert of destruction". "As a proof of German preparation...
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Moresnet or Neutral Moresnet is a former neutral territory existing from 1816 to 1920 in modern-day Belgium. Moresnet may also refer to: Moresnet (village)...
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Aachen Treaty [nl]: the village of Moresnet was awarded to the Netherlands, Kelmis and the zinc mine became Neutral Moresnet, a Dutch–Prussian condominium...
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vergessene europäische Kleinstaat Neutral-Moresnet" [Galmei and Esperanto – The almost forgotten European microstate Neutral Moresnet] (PDF) (in German). SWR2...
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Oskar Anton Bilharz (category Neutral Moresnet)
was Mayor of Neutral Moresnet, a small neutral territory, from 7 February 1882 until 20 June 1885. Bilharz became mayor of Neutral Moresnet on 7 February...
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Pierre Grignard (category Neutral Moresnet)
Grignard was a Belgian politician who served as the last Mayor of Neutral Moresnet from 1918 until 1921, when the territory was dissolved and annexed...
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newly acquired Louisiana Purchase, from 1806 to 1821 Neutral Moresnet, a 19th-century neutral zone between the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (and later...
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Arnold Timothée de Lasaulx (category Neutral Moresnet)
served as the first Mayor of Neutral Moresnet from 1817 until 1859. Having served for more than 41 years, he was Neutral Moresnet's longest-serving mayor, having...
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Vaalserberg (category Neutral Moresnet)
Between 1830 and 1919, the summit was a quadripoint, also bordering Neutral Moresnet, which is now part of Belgium's German-speaking area. The current Belgian-German...
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Wilhelm Kyll (category Neutral Moresnet)
Kyll (1876–1956) was a German politician who served as the Mayor of Neutral Moresnet from 29 March 1915 until 7 December 1918. Wilhelm Kyll was town clerk...
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Prussian-Belgian condominium of Neutral Moresnet, known as "Amikejo" (place of friendship). What became of it is unclear, and Neutral Moresnet was annexed to Belgium...
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Hubert Schmetz (category Neutral Moresnet)
was Mayor of Neutral Moresnet, a small neutral territory, from 20 June 1885 until 15 March 1915. Schmetz became mayor of Neutral Moresnet on 20 June 1885...
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Neu-Moresnet (German pronunciation: [nɔʏˈmɔʁəsnɛt], lit. 'New Moresnet') is a village and sub-municipality of Kelmis in the German-speaking community of...
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Wilhelm Molly (category Neutral Moresnet)
à Moresnet‑Neutre". Sociétés Plurielles (in French) (4). doi:10.46298/societes-plurielles.2021.8406. "Neutral-Moresnet History 1916–1919". moresnet.nl...
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Kelmis (category Neutral Moresnet)
proper, Hergenrath, and Neu-Moresnet. The territory around the Vieille Montagne zinc mine in Kelmis was Neutral Moresnet, a neutral condominium of the Netherlands...
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Adolf Hubert van Scherpenzeel-Thim (category Neutral Moresnet)
Adolf Hubert van Scherpenzeel-Thim (1824 – 1877) was Mayor of Neutral Moresnet, a small neutral territory, from 21 February 1859 until 30 May 1859. Having...
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36,000 Micronesia – 15,000 Marshall Islands – 15,000 Palau – 4,000 Neutral Moresnet – 3,000 Mariana Islands – 2,500 Nauru – 1,500 67,609,178 4.0% 7 Austria-Hungary...
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(in Lithuanian). 5 June 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2018. Dröge, Philip, Moresnet, Unieboek, Antwerp, Belgium, March 2016 "9 Reasons Why San Marino Really...
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List of countries by population Microstates and the United Nations Neutral Moresnet Warrington, Edward (June 1994). "Lilliput Revisited". Asian Journal...
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Vieille Montagne (category Neutral Moresnet)
other, that resulted in a piece of land that became the territory of Neutral Moresnet. After he developed an original refining process, Belgian industrialist...
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Austria and Russia from 1815 until 1846, when it was annexed by Austria. Neutral Moresnet was shared from 1816 until 1919 between the Netherlands (later Belgium)...
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Joseph Kohl (category Neutral Moresnet)
Joseph Kohl was Mayor of Neutral Moresnet, a small neutral territory, from 1 July 1859 until 7 February 1882. "Belgium". www.worldstatesmen.org. v t e...
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Pennsylvania. Free State of Bottleneck Gore (surveying) Mason–Dixon line Neutral Moresnet Delaware–Maryland–Pennsylvania Tri-State Point Soniak, Matt (February...
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House of France. Met with opposition, Napoleon would not tolerate any neutral power. On 6 August 1806 the Habsburgs abdicated their title of Holy Roman...
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local villagers for acts of resistance. In 1925 the East Cantons and Neutral Moresnet, that had become part of Belgium as a result of the Treaty of Versailles...
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Kingdom of the Netherlands Duchy of Limburg Luxembourg Belgium Neutral Moresnet...
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world wars and the COVID-19 pandemic. The autonomous territory of Neutral Moresnet, between Belgium and Germany, had a sizable proportion of Esperanto-speakers...
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coat of arms of the City of Brussels (1817–now) Coat of arms of The Neutral Moresnet (1816–192) Coat of arms of the Belgian Ostend Company(1722–1731) Coat...
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Prussia/Germany, the Netherlands, and Moresnet at Vaalserberg. Moresnet was never truly a country but rather only a neutral territory or condominium of the...
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