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    Location: Waimes, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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    January 17, 2022

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    Baraque Michel (the German name Michelshütte is no longer used today) is a hostel (674 metres) in the High Fens belonging to Jalhay in Belgium, which was founded in 1811/1812 …
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    December 9, 2021

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    1. In Roman times, the border between the administrative units of Cologne (Civitas Coloniensis) and Tongeren (Civitas Tungriensis) ran, among other things, from the Weser up the Hill to its source.
    2. Since 1816, a national border has crossed the high plateau of the High Fens, initially between the Netherlands and Prussia (the boundary stone 157 is the last in the series of Belgian-Prussian boundary stones, because from here the Hill is so wide that its course forms a clear boundary line formed.
    3. since 1830 between Belgium and Prussia and
    4. since 1870 between Belgium and Germany.
    (Source: komm-mit-wandern.de/hohes-venn.html)
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    February 9, 2022

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    La croix Sarlette (1861):
    The croix sarlette is located inconspicuously and probably often unnoticed on the gable of the Auberge de la Baraque-Michel. This memorial cross was erected in 1861 and commemorates the death of a young servant of Bullange, Anne-Catherine Sarlette, in the Baraque, who died on August 21, 1860 after a serious illness.
    Source: gite-ardennais.com/croixenfagnes.html
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    Elevation 670 m

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    Baraque Michel 36, B - 4845 Jalhay

    baraquemichel.com

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