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Echt-Susteren

Westernmost Point of Germany (Selfkant)

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Westernmost Point of Germany (Selfkant)

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Westernmost Point of Germany (Selfkant)

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    Location: Echt-Susteren, Limburg, Netherlands

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    1. Keutelbeek – Genneboscher Shelter loop from Susteren

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    2. Westernmost Point of Germany – Chapel 't Hout loop from Susteren-Centrum

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    3. Westernmost Point of Germany – Chapel 't Hout loop from Isenbruch

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    December 15, 2019

    The westernmost point of Germany is on the coordinates 51 ° 03'04.4 "N 5 ° 52'00.9" E in the municipality of Selfkant and is one of the four "top locations" in Germany.
    If you have a Point Pass, a visit here is an absolute must!
    More information is available at: zipfelpass.de

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      December 22, 2019

      In the far west of Germany there is a community called Selfkant. And Selfkant is the westernmost place in the republic. Not only that, it is also the westernmost point of North Rhine-Westphalia.

      This makes Selfkant one of the self-proclaimed Zipfelorten and participates in the Zipfelpass. The other three towns are List auf Sylt in the north, Görlitz in the east and Oberstdorf in the south of Germany. Anyone who visits and stays at all four localities over the course of four years will receive a stamp in their Zipfelpass. At the end you get a small gift basket with specialties from all four corners of Germany.

      On the border to the Netherlands, a marking stone has been set up directly in front of the border sign, on which the westernmost point of Germany is written

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        December 15, 2019

        The westernmost point of Germany is on the coordinates 51 ° 03'04.4 "N 5 ° 52'00.9" E in the municipality of Selfkant and is one of the four "top locations" in Germany.
        If you have a Point Pass, a visit here is an absolute must!
        More information is available at: zipfelpass.de

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          March 18, 2022

          The westernmost point is in the middle of the small Rodenbach. A 200 meter long footbridge leads there barrier-free

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            June 28, 2024

            The exact point is nicely shown with a large red pole. A bench has been made right on the border, where you can sit with your buttocks in the Netherlands and your feet in Germany. The tip is also exactly above the middle of a stream. That is the Rode Beek, which rises on the Brunssummerheide and forms the national border here. The part of Germany here, called Selfkant, is special anyway. First of all, because it is a kind of peninsula in the Netherlands. Selfkant's border with the Netherlands is 27 kilometers; the connection with Germany itself is only 8 kilometers. Selfkant was also from the Netherlands for a long time. At the end of the war, the Netherlands wanted very large parts of Germany as compensation for the damage suffered. But the Netherlands was ultimately allocated only a small amount of territory, including Selfkant. In 1963 the Netherlands even returned it to Germany. In exchange for 280 million Deutsche Mark, that is.

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              October 3, 2023

              Beautifully landscaped area at the westernmost point of Germany. Unfortunately, the toilet 🚽 next to the exhibition is closed, the parking lot at Westpoint is more than sufficient.

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                July 9, 2019

                visitzuidlimburg.nl/te-doen-in-zuid-limburg/attracties-bezienswaardigheden/detail/meest-westelijke-punt-duitsland/60300

                  August 24, 2025

                  From 1949, Selfkant was Dutch territory for 14 years. Since 1963, this region has been part of the Federal Republic of Germany again, and border marker 309B is the westernmost point in the country. The Narrowest Part of the Netherlands is connected to the meeting place on the German side, created in 2015, by a pedestrian bridge over the stream. Experience this special place by literally sitting in both Germany and the Netherlands simultaneously on the bench at the Westzipfel. Source: hetsmalstestukjenederland.nl/locaties/het-meest-westelijke-punt-van-duitsland-6262a1ef85d4346d223f28c8

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                    March 11, 2023

                    Here the west tip has been beautifully staged...

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