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Boundary Marker Between Belgium and Prussia
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April 12, 2023
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At Baraque Michel, the former border between the Kingdom of the United Netherlands (from 1830 the Kingdom of Belgium) and the Kingdom of Prussia ran through the middle of the High Fens, along the former Roman road (La Vêcquée). Numbered boundary stones marked the former border in accordance with the decisions of the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Many of these boundary stones are still preserved today.
Source: euregio-im-bild.de/fotos/wegen-auf-der-ehemaligen-roemerstrasse-la-vecquee.html
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October 9, 2021
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La Vecquée (name from the word bishop) is an old Gallic road, which has become a Roman road. Currently about 24.5 kilometers …
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July 6, 2024
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Elevation 640 m
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