Neutral Moresnet (French pronunciation: [mɔʁɛsnɛt], [mɔʁɛsnɛ], German pronunciation: [ˈmɔʁəsnɛt], [ˌmɔʁəsˈnɛt]) was a small Belgian–Prussian condominium...
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Moresnet is a village and sub-municipality of Plombières in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. It was originally a German speaking village. Nowadays...
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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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Neu-Moresnet is a village and sub-municipality of Kelmis in the German-speaking community of the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. The village was...
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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...
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convergence of Belgium, Prussia/Germany, the Netherlands, and Moresnet at Vaalserberg. Moresnet was never truly a country but rather only a neutral territory...
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europäische Kleinstaat Neutral-Moresnet" [Galmei and Esperanto – The almost forgotten European microstate Neutral Moresnet] (PDF) (in German). SWR2 Wissen...
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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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surname, and may refer to: Arnold Timothée de Lasaulx (1774–1863), Mayor of Moresnet Arnold von Lasaulx (1839–1886), geologist Ernst von Lasaulx (1805–1861)...
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The Viaduct of Moresnet, also known as the Geul Valley bridge is a railway bridge above and on the southern side of the village of Moresnet, within the municipality...
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Pierre Grignard (category Mayors of 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 by Belgium...
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municipality consists of the following districts: Gemmenich, Hombourg, Montzen, Moresnet, and Sippenaeken. The local language is Low Dietsch, a bridge dialect between...
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Moresnet, et la dédia à Guillaume (Willem) 1er des Pays-Bas (Lévy, 1830; Lacroix, 1919; Buttgenbach, 1947a). « Ce minéral, très-abondant à Moresnet,...
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condominium of Neutral Moresnet, known as "Amikejo" (place of friendship). What became of it is unclear, and Neutral Moresnet was annexed to Belgium in...
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former railway terminus in north east Belgium near the mining community of Moresnet Calamintha, a genus of plants La Calamine, a municipality in Belgium This...
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area was awarded to the Kingdom of Prussia. In the northwest of the area, Moresnet, coveted by both the Netherlands and Prussia for its calamine, was declared...
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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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Western Europe, Germany was required to recognize Belgian sovereignty over Moresnet and cede control of the Eupen-Malmedy area. Within six months of the transfer...
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Wilhelm Molly à Moresnet‑Neutre", Sociétés Plurielles, n° 4, 2021 https://doi.org/10.46298/societes-plurielles.2021.8406 "Neutral-Moresnet History 1916–1919"...
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Belgium was invaded by Nazi-Germany who merged Moresnet, Kelmis, Neu-Moresnet, and Hergenrath into Amt Moresnet as an integral part of Germany. In 1944, the...
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wealthy, Heintje moved his family back to his father's birthplace, Neu Moresnet, Kelmis, Liège, Belgium. He became famous as a child singer, with hit song...
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Vieille Montagne (category Neutral Moresnet)
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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Territory of Moresnet, the new borders of which met up with those of Belgium, the Netherlands and Prussia at a point just outside Vaals. While Moresnet had a...
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Netherlands (1813–1815) United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839) Neutral Moresnet (1816–1920) Duchy of Pomerania (1121–1160, 1264–1295, 1478–1531, 1625–1637)...
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United States' newly acquired Louisiana Purchase, from 1806 to 1821 Neutral Moresnet, a 19th-century neutral zone between the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...
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of countries by population Microstates and the United Nations Neutral Moresnet Warrington, Edward (June 1994). "Lilliput Revisited". Asian Journal of...
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