Border Crossing Belgium - Netherlands (Nr. 279)
N 51° 14.859 E 004° 03.879
31U E 574307 N 5677902
Boundary post number 279 stands at the border of the two villages De Klinge (B) and Clinge (NL). From 1794 till 1830 De Klinge and Clinge used to be one village. De Klinge belongs now to St-Gillis, Flanders, Belgium and Clinge to Hulst, Zeeland, NL.
Waymark Code: WMG70C
Location: Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Date Posted: 01/22/2013
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The border crossing is utmost visible at the crossing of the Gentsevaart and De Klingestraat.
After Belgium became independent in 1830 new borders were formed between the Netherlands and Belgium. At august 8, 1843 at the convection of Maastricht the borderlines were officially marked. Landmarks were placed at the whole borderline, 388 (numbered) posts made of cast iron and 356 freestone boundary posts. Initially one could see with the naked eye from one post to another (of course back in 1843 there were less buildings). Some posts are only a few meters from each other, the maximum length between two posts is 4 kilometers.
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