• The Vennbahn (German pronunciation: [ˈfɛnbaːn], "Fen Railway") is a former railway line that was built partly across what was then German territory by...
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    with the mouth of the Rur in the Maas (French: Meuse). Vennbahn (bike path) on the old Vennbahn track between Aachen and Luxembourg. Christian Urhan (1790–1845)...
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    A27/A60/E42. One specific feature of the border is the route of the Vennbahn railway. The Vennbahn railway route has been Belgian territory since 1919, under the...
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  • territory were planned. These enclaves still exist, as the route of the Vennbahn railway is Belgian territory and thus divides the populated places west...
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    exclave surrounded by Belgian territory due to the track bed of the former Vennbahn railway line being part of Belgium following the implementation of the...
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    Khagrabari was ceded to Bangladesh. The border arrangements concerning the Vennbahn meant that, from 1922 to 1949, a Belgian counter-enclave existed within...
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    Itertalviadukt viaduct of the Vennbahn railway over the Inde...
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    enclaved by Belarus. Germany has a group of 5 enclaves created by the Vennbahn railway trackbed between the towns of Roetgen and Monschau (south of Aachen)...
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    The accord of 26 September 1956 returned these towns to Germany. The Vennbahn was a railway line built in Germany close to the Belgian border. When the...
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    Basse-Bodeux, Fosse, and Wanne. A railway junction at Trois-Ponts connected the Vennbahn with the Liège-Troisvierges, Luxembourg line. List of protected heritage...
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    Raeren. Its Raeren railway station [de] was the hub and headquarters of the Vennbahn railway. Raeren, church: Sankt Nikolauskirche Raeren Castle List of protected...
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    separated from Germany. The area of Eupen-Malmedy to Belgium, along with the Vennbahn railway line (which created six German enclaves within Belgian territory)...
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  • was inaugurated in 1889, the last hurdle for goods trains running on the Vennbahn. At its opening, the 800-meter-long Huldange tunnel was the longest in...
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    of Aachen. Kornelimünster is, however, reachable by bicycle along the Vennbahn bike path. Johann Josef Brammertz (1668–1729), organ builder Hubert Giesen...
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    Jungholz. The border with Belgium includes five German exclaves due to the Vennbahn railway line. The border with Switzerland includes the German exclave village...
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    Bridge on the Vennbahn outside Bütgenbach...
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    the Netherlands Büsingen in Switzerland Campione d'Italia in Switzerland Vennbahn in Belgium van Schendel, Willem [in Dutch] (February 2002). "Stateless...
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    Express - Walibi Belgium - Pretparken.be". Retrieved 12 January 2024. "The Vennbahn: Belgium's railway through Germany". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03...
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  • surrounded by Belgian territory, was the sixth and southernmost of the Vennbahn enclaves created in 1922; it contained five households. The railway suffered...
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  • unincorporated community Venn, a 2016 album by British band Clock Opera Vennbahn or Venn Railway, a former railway line in Belgium VENN, a former American...
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    of Aachen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It houses the Vennbahn Museum and is situated at a junction. Stolberger Hauptbahnhof is at the...
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    Bocq Dendermonde-Puurs Steam Railway Stoomcentrum Maldegem ASVi museum Vennbahn Closed in 2001 Sarajevo-Višegrad Railway (section from Višegrad to Vardište)...
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    cyclists, horse-riders, hikers and even roller-bladers. There is also the Vennbahn, which runs along an unusual border between Belgium and Germany. Baana...
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    Belgium. "Neutral Moresnet" was transferred to Belgium, as well as the Vennbahn railway. An opportunity was given to the population to "oppose" against...
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  • district. In earlier times, the train station in Brand was a stop on the Vennbahn railway line. It opened 1 December 1885 as the Brand Station and was renamed...
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  • 850 km2 (330 sq mi). Apart from being linked by the route of the disused Vennbahn railway, which runs as a Belgian exclave through German territory, the...
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  • its way to Gouvy. From 1889 it was also connected with Belgium via the Vennbahn, and through Belgium to Germany. Troisvierges station was the disembarkment...
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    built by Belgian capital History of Belgium Rail transport in Belgium Vennbahn History of rail transport in Luxembourg The three locomotives were named...
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    Camp near Elsenborn with Sourbrodt railway station on the standard gauge Vennbahn in Belgium from 1901 to 1939. The track was laid in 1900 and inaugurated...
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    in the region of Palanca. Palanca is a marshy area that could become a Vennbahn-type enclave of Moldova surrounded by Ukraine. Under a 2001 treaty between...
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