Subject: Re: New Member - What a thrill<br/>
Date: Jun 29, 2001 @ 15:56<br/>
Author: Grant Hutchison (&quot;Grant Hutchison&quot; &lt;granthutchison@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-777710239">Jonathan:<br/>
Welcome!<br/>
You asked about the origins of Baarle. There&#39;s a nice little potted <br/>
history at the following URL:<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophy/faculty/smith/baarle.htm">http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophy/faculty/smith/baarle.htm</a><br/>
To sub-pot the already potted: Some time in the 13th century the <br/>
Dukes of Brabant lent the uninhabited bits of Baarle to the Counts of <br/>
Nassau - they kept the bits with buildings so they could collect tax <br/>
money, and the Nassaus were free to farm or collect wood from the <br/>
other parts. Then the Brabants lost legal title to the lent land. <br/>
Then Brabant ended up as part of Belgium and the Counts of Nassau <br/>
ended up as the Dutch Royal Family. Meanwhile the inhabitants had <br/>
been cheerfully building on the previously uninhabited bits and <br/>
knocking down the buildings on the previously inhabited bits.<br/>
<br/>
(Is that a fair summary, enclave-meisters?)<br/>
<br/>
Grant</div>