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    Selfkant (German: [ˈzɛlfkant] ; Dutch: Selfkant or Zelfkant [ˈzɛl(ə)fkɑnt]; Limburgish: Zelfkantj [ˈzæl˦əfˌkɑntʃ˦]) is a municipality in the Heinsberg...
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    acres), the largest parts of which were Elten (near Emmerich am Rhein) and Selfkant. Many other small border corrections were executed, mostly in the vicinity...
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    compass points of Germany: North – List on the island of Sylt, West – Selfkant, South – Oberstdorf and East – Görlitz. Together, they always participate...
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    Protectorate (1947) Paris Protocol (1949) Dutch annexation of Elten and Selfkant (1949) Belgian annexations (1949) Esrablishment of East and West Germany...
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    acres), the most relevants parts were Elten (near Emmerich am Rhein) and Selfkant. Many other small border corrections were done, mostly in the vicinity...
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    Donnini's platoon was ordered to attack the small village of Stein in Selfkant Germany, close to the Dutch border. On leaving their trench they immediately...
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  • Heinsberg is the most westerly district of Germany, reaching 5°52'E in Selfkant municipality. Geographically it covers the lowlands of the Lower Rhine...
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    inhabitants in 2016. In its east, Sittard borders the German municipality of Selfkant (in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia). The city centre is located at...
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    Protectorate (1947) Paris Protocol (1949) Dutch annexation of Elten and Selfkant (1949) Belgian annexations (1949) Esrablishment of East and West Germany...
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    (27 sq mi), the largest parts of which were Elten (near Emmerich am Rhein) and Selfkant. Many other small border changes were executed, mostly in the vicinity...
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    Aplerbecker Mark (51° 28' N, 7° 33' Ö). Its westernmost point is situated near Selfkant close to the Dutch border, the easternmost near Höxter on the Weser. The...
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  • Freizeit-Park Tüddern) was a zoo and Germany's first safari park located in Selfkant. The Zoo was founded in 1968, and covered 70 hectares (173.0 acres) while...
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    Protectorate (1947) Paris Protocol (1949) Dutch annexation of Elten and Selfkant (1949) Belgian annexations (1949) Esrablishment of East and West Germany...
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    Sittard. It is also spoken in Koningsbosch and in a small part of Germany (Selfkant), but quickly becoming extinct there. Of all other important Limburgish...
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    Dennis Donnini Royal Scots Fusiliers 1945-01-1818 January 1945* Stein, (Selfkant) Germany Thomas Durrant Corps of Royal Engineers 1942-03-2727 March 1942*[C]...
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    2452 Heinsberg 2453 Randerath 2454 Gangelt 2455 Waldfeucht 2456 Selfkant 246 2461 Jülich 2462 Linnich 2463 Titz 2464 Aldenhoven 2465 Inden 247 2471...
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  • Protectorate (1947) Paris Protocol (1949) Dutch annexation of Elten and Selfkant (1949) Belgian annexations (1949) Esrablishment of East and West Germany...
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    Protectorate (1947) Paris Protocol (1949) Dutch annexation of Elten and Selfkant (1949) Belgian annexations (1949) Esrablishment of East and West Germany...
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  • zwischen Mark und Gulden - der Selfkant unter niederländischer Auftragsverwaltung 1949 bis 1963" [Between Mark and Gulden - Selfkant under Dutch administration...
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    Eck at Oberstdorf (Southernmost point)) Westernmost point: Isenbruch, Selfkant, North Rhine-Westphalia 51°3′N 5°52′E / 51.050°N 5.867°E / 51.050; 5...
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    Protectorate (1947) Paris Protocol (1949) Dutch annexation of Elten and Selfkant (1949) Belgian annexations (1949) Esrablishment of East and West Germany...
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    (Zipfelbund) with the northernmost, westernmost and southernmost towns, List, Selfkant and Oberstdorf respectively. They participate in the annual German Unity...
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  • in a shootout while fleeing, eventually being shot. 1995-04-04 N.N. 35 Selfkant Nordrhein-Westfalen A patrol car randomly passed by the scene of an active...
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    Division, received the VC after his heroic actions in the village of Stein in Selfkant on 18 January. Fusilier Donnini is buried at the Sittard War Cemetery (Netherlands)...
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    (in Dutch). January 1937. Retrieved 5 February 2018. "Lammedam". nabu-selfkant.de (in German). Retrieved 5 February 2018. Sanchez, Shaina (5 July 2013)...
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  • unlike Limburgish proper does not typically extend into Germany beyond Selfkant. Dutch dialects and regional languages are not spoken as often as they...
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  • Protectorate (1947) Paris Protocol (1949) Dutch annexation of Elten and Selfkant (1949) Belgian annexations (1949) Esrablishment of East and West Germany...
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    Protectorate (1947) Paris Protocol (1949) Dutch annexation of Elten and Selfkant (1949) Belgian annexations (1949) Esrablishment of East and West Germany...
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  • of Monschau, and parts of the districts of Düren, Jülich, Schleiden and Selfkant. In 2004, a special-purpose association was formed including the city of...
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    Protectorate (1947) Paris Protocol (1949) Dutch annexation of Elten and Selfkant (1949) Belgian annexations (1949) Esrablishment of East and West Germany...
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