I think it’s linked to smuggling in the “olden days”
FlamingoMedic89 on
I assuuuuummeeee…. god, I studied history, I should know this. But I failed. I will come back when I remember.
RpT_KraZe on
Iirc, the border between Belgium and Netherlands is mostly drawn as it is due to it being the front lines when the Cease Fire was signed during the Belgian War for Independence.
GemmyBoy999 on
Dispute between nobles in the past or something.
mrprezzv on
It could be coincidence due to the closest cities to the south being part of Belgium instead of The Netherlands (e.g. if Zundert and Baarle-Nassau were also part of Belgium the borden would be more straight).
The reason as to why all these distances to the closest Belgium cities are roughly the same could be due to the Romans as the distance is roughly 22km. This for example is also the case between Maastricht-Heerlen-Aachen which are all roughly 22km apart due to Roman rules for maximum distance between cities.
Nordalin on
You’re basically looking at the 1648 front lines between the Dutch and Spanish, when the peace treaty was signed and independence was achieved.
I know way too little to explain any of those enclaves in detail, but I assume the Dutch simply held the villages in the enclaves.
fucking_4_virginity on
I don’t know if it is related but a while back i read that the borders of Maastricht were partly determined by the range of canons, because that would be where the enemy couldn’t advance. I wonder if something similar happened here.
goodsemaritan_ on
If i remmeber correctly thr dutch belgium border are basically the the battlefield borded of the war of independance. So then the you can see that those things are basically advaned to the city’s
Egodactylus on
Scrolled by and thought this was Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire for a second 😂
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Great question, now I’m curious too
Thats actually interesting, i am curious as well!
Roman times
I think it’s linked to smuggling in the “olden days”
I assuuuuummeeee…. god, I studied history, I should know this. But I failed. I will come back when I remember.
Iirc, the border between Belgium and Netherlands is mostly drawn as it is due to it being the front lines when the Cease Fire was signed during the Belgian War for Independence.
Dispute between nobles in the past or something.
It could be coincidence due to the closest cities to the south being part of Belgium instead of The Netherlands (e.g. if Zundert and Baarle-Nassau were also part of Belgium the borden would be more straight).
The reason as to why all these distances to the closest Belgium cities are roughly the same could be due to the Romans as the distance is roughly 22km. This for example is also the case between Maastricht-Heerlen-Aachen which are all roughly 22km apart due to Roman rules for maximum distance between cities.
You’re basically looking at the 1648 front lines between the Dutch and Spanish, when the peace treaty was signed and independence was achieved.
I know way too little to explain any of those enclaves in detail, but I assume the Dutch simply held the villages in the enclaves.
I don’t know if it is related but a while back i read that the borders of Maastricht were partly determined by the range of canons, because that would be where the enemy couldn’t advance. I wonder if something similar happened here.
If i remmeber correctly thr dutch belgium border are basically the the battlefield borded of the war of independance. So then the you can see that those things are basically advaned to the city’s
Scrolled by and thought this was Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire for a second 😂