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Boundary Marker 43 (Netherlands–Belgium)

Boundary Marker 43 (Netherlands–Belgium)

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Boundary Marker 43 (Netherlands–Belgium)

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Location: Neerpelt, Maaseik, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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3. Boardwalk near Boundary Marker N485 – View of De Wulp Nature Reserve loop from Neerpelt

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Willem VS

January 22, 2024

You don't really think it possible, but in 2005 border marker 184 was stolen. How the thieves took the 372 kilogram pole, which stood in the middle of the heathland of Plateaux Hageven, is a mystery. Employees at a factory in Maarheeze found the pole in front of the company door a month later, wrapped in green plastic. The pole was replaced in November, as required by law.
However, within a year the pole was stolen again. This time he was not found again. The perpetrators of both thefts were never caught. It is also unknown why this pole was popular with the thieves' guild, but it may have to do with the fact that bullet holes from the Second World War were still visible in the pole.
Relocation of the pole then took 8 years. In 2014, a new post was finally installed, also without the bullet holes. This time firmly anchored against possible thieves.

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Dominiek Van Dooren

August 21, 2024

The relocation of this border post took place on Friday 4 July 2014 in the presence of the border post commissions and the mayors of Neerpelt, Mr Drieskens, and Valkenswaard, Mr Ederveen.
In 1843, the border agreement between the Netherlands and Belgium was signed, after negotiations on the precise border that should run between the Netherlands and the new country of Belgium. Six years later, in 1849, the chairmen of the border separation commission, Mr Van Hooff (NL) and Mr Jolly (B), decided in Antwerp for a regulation for the maintenance and upkeep of the border posts between the Netherlands and Belgium. The border post commission inventories the state of maintenance of the border posts and makes decisions on the execution of maintenance and possible replacement of border posts.
(Het Belang van Limburg)

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Michael Stoter

November 27, 2021

1 of the many border markers in this area

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Boundary Marker 43 (Netherlands–Belgium)

1. Boardwalk near Boundary Marker N485 – View of De Wulp Nature Reserve loop from Neerpelt

2. Boardwalk at Hageven – Observation Tower De Wulp loop from Borkel

3. Boardwalk near Boundary Marker N485 – View of De Wulp Nature Reserve loop from Neerpelt

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