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.

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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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Belgium–Germany border hasEnclave Vennbahn enclaves