Difference between revisions of "Neutral Moresnet"
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'''Moresnet''' is a small district now part of north-east [[Belgium]] which, because of a dispute in defining the boundary between [[Prussia]] and the [[Netherlands]] at the end of the [[Napoleonic Wars]], was declared a neutral zone in 1816. In 1919 it became part of [[Belgium]] (which had not existed when the zone was first declared). | '''Moresnet''' is a small district now part of north-east [[Belgium]] which, because of a dispute in defining the boundary between [[Prussia]] and the [[Netherlands]] at the end of the [[Napoleonic Wars]], was declared a neutral zone in 1816. In 1919 it became part of [[Belgium]] (which had not existed when the zone was first declared). | ||
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| + | http://www.moresnet.nl/ | ||
[[Category:Micronations]] | [[Category:Micronations]] | ||
[[Category:Countries Which No Longer Exist]] | [[Category:Countries Which No Longer Exist]] | ||
[[Category:Europe]] | [[Category:Europe]] | ||
Revision as of 17:00, August 16, 2007
Moresnet is a small district now part of north-east Belgium which, because of a dispute in defining the boundary between Prussia and the Netherlands at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, was declared a neutral zone in 1816. In 1919 it became part of Belgium (which had not existed when the zone was first declared).