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Baarle
Baarle-Hertog (Belgian exclaves in the Netherlands) and 
Baarle-Nassau (Dutch exclaves in Belgium)

Europe's most famous enclave township, consisting from the municipalities of

– Baarle-Nassau,
consisting of eight different enclaves, seven of which are embodied in the Belgian exclaves of Baarle-Hertog. The eighth enclave is situated in Belgium, north-west of Ginhoven just south of the border, and

Baarle-Hertog, consisting of 22 enclaves, all surrounded by Dutch territory [and four national enclaves in Belgium].

Map from http://home.wanadoo.nl/~eefberns
 

 

Links:

«Baarle Nassau and Baarle Hertog» (English):
http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophy/faculty/smith/baarle.htm

«Baarle» (German):
http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~mhaertel/belgien/baarle.html 

«Het grenspalen-archief van Nederland» (Dutch):
http://www.grenspalen.nl/

«The Baarle enclaves outlined»:
http://www.grenspalen.nl/archief/baarle-enclaves%20outlined.html

The local history society of «Amalia van Solms» (Dutch and some pages in English):
http://www.amaliavansolms.org/

This page was last time updated 12/09/04 .