Subject: Re: Former Belgian-German border in Burg-Reuland?<br/>
Date: Jun 07, 2002 @ 08:01<br/>
Author: Manfred Haertel (Manfred Haertel &lt;Manfred.Haertel@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-728880682"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:b.whyte@...">b.whyte@...</a> schrieb:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Burg-Reuland is 10km due south of St Vith and 4km west of the current Belg-Ger boundary in the Our. The former German railroad enclave at Hemmeres is 4km NE of Burg-Reuland.<br/>
&gt; The town seems to be halfway between the boundary of 1815-1920, and that of 1920-present. Van Wettere-Verhasselt&#39;s &quot;Les frontiers du nord et de l&#39;est de la Belgique&quot; has a map of the linguistic and historical boundaries, and shows no line anywhere near the town, only along the two boundaries mentioned above.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Thus I have no evidence that even suggests any boundary in the vicinity of Berg Reuland at all, esp not 10 years ago!<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Meanwhile I found the webpage belonging to the broadcast:<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.swr.de/fmh/archiv/020606/03.html">http://www.swr.de/fmh/archiv/020606/03.html</a><br/>
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About the restaurant (seems to be a bar) they write:<br/>
<br/>
&quot;Burg-Reuland in Belgien: Die ehemalige Grenzkneipe &quot;Zum Jägerhaus&quot; hat<br/>
werktags ab 17.00 geöffnet, am Wochenende ab 10.00 Uhr. Sie liegt<br/>
oberhalb von Burg-Reuland, über die Ourbrücke hinweg Richtung<br/>
Deutschland mitten im Wald. Peter Schröder, in der siebten Generation<br/>
Wirt, erzählt sehr lebhaft von der Grenz- und Schmuggelvergangenheit<br/>
seiner Familie und von seiner Passion, der Jagd. Im Stil einer Jagdhütte<br/>
ist die Schänke auch eingerichtet. Treffpunkt für Einheimische und<br/>
Touristen, es gibt nur Getränke. Spezialität: ein selbstgemachter<br/>
Johannisbeerlikör.&quot;<br/>
<br/>
So they say the bar is north of Burg-Reuland, across the bridge over the<br/>
Our, direction Germany, in the middle of a forest. This description<br/>
looks strange to me, because I think the Our *is* the border in that<br/>
area - with the town of Ouren being the only exception.<br/>
<br/>
The Belgian phone directory at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.infobel.com">http://www.infobel.com</a> can&#39;t find &quot;Zum<br/>
Jägerhaus&quot;. It finds a Peter Schröder, however, living in Weisten, far a<br/>
away from the current border (though north of Burg Reuland).<br/>
<br/>
So it&#39;s still a mystery, where this bar can be found!<br/>
<br/>
Best regards<br/>
<br/>
-- <br/>
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