Vennbahn enclaves
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The Vennbahn enclaves are a group of small German territories completely surrounded by Belgium, created by the post–World War I allocation of the Vennbahn railway line to Belgium.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
border anomaly
ⓘ
enclave ⓘ territorial enclave ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderDisputes | minor technical boundary issues only ⓘ |
| borderFollows | Vennbahn railway line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderRegime | Schengen Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdAfter | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdAsResultOf | allocation of Vennbahn railway to Belgium ⓘ |
| createdBy | Treaty of Versailles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currency | euro ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1920 ⓘ |
| demilitarizedAfter | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Dutch
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Konzen enclave
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lammersdorf enclave NERFINISHED ⓘ Mützenich enclave NERFINISHED ⓘ Roetgener Wald enclave NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruitzhof enclave NERFINISHED ⓘ Schmidthof enclave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post–World War I border adjustments ⓘ |
| landUse |
agriculture
ⓘ
forestry ⓘ |
| legalStatus | German territory ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eifel region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ German–Belgian border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Aachen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eupen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringCountry | Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | multiple small German exclaves separated by Belgian-controlled railway corridor ⓘ |
| partOf |
Federal Republic of Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of North Rhine-Westphalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfCustomsUnion | European Union customs territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic | sparsely populated ⓘ |
| reasonForCreation | to keep Vennbahn railway under Belgian control ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Vennbahn railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | still exist in 21st century ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfBoundary | railway-based border ⓘ |
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