Tag: netherlands

• 90 - The Limburg Split of 1839

  about 5 years ago

  Frank Jacobs in Strange Maps

  The map-on-a-stamp in this post is again taken from the wonderful site called Dan’s Topical Stamps. To American ears, the word ‘Limburg’ conjures up the mighty stink emitted by so-called Limburger cheese. In one of Mark Twain’s stories, its smell is even mistaken for that of a corpse. And the ... Read More

• 65 - "Eastland, Our Land": Dutch Dreams of Expansion at Germany's Expense

  over 5 years ago

  Frank Jacobs in Strange Maps

  In the Netherlands straight after World War II, there existed plans both official and unofficial to annex a large area of Germany as a way of obtaining war reparations (plans not to be confused with the more fanciful, pre-war plans described in posting #50 on this blog, which were used by the ... Read More

• 52 - The Enclaves and Counter-enclaves of Baarle (B/NL)

  over 5 years ago

  Frank Jacobs in Strange Maps

  One of the unlikeliest complexes of enclaves and exclaves in the world is to be found on the Belgian-Dutch border, and is centred on Baarle. This town, while surrounded entirely by Dutch territory, consists of two separate administrative units, one of which is the Dutch commune of Baarle-Nassau ... Read More