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Rückschlag
Administration
Country	Germany
Land	North Rhine-Westphalia
Arrondissement	Aachen
Municipality	Montjoie
Sector	Konzen
Démographie
Population	4 hab.
Density	267 hab./km
Géographie
Coordinates	50° 35′ 51″ nord, 6° 14′ 51″ est
Altitude	~550 m
Area	1,5 ha = 0,015 km
Localisation
Géolocalisation sur la carte : Allemagne class=noviewer|332x332px|Voir sur la carte administrative d'Allemagne Rückschlag Location on the map: North Rhine-Westphalia class=noviewer|280x280px|Voir sur la carte administrative de Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie Rückschlag
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Catégorie:Article utilisant une Infobox Catégorie:Article géolocalisé sur Terre Allemagne Catégorie:Article à illustrer Subdivision administrative Rückschlag is a farm in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is separated from the rest of Germany by the tracks of the Belgian railway line of the Vennbahn, which makes it an enclave.

Geography

Rückschlag is part of the district of Konzen of the municipality of Monschau, in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, on the border between Germany and Belgium. It is a German enclave in Belgian territory: the territory of the farm is separated from the rest of Germany by the tracks of the Vennbahn, which forms a strip of about twenty meters wide at this place. The land is roughly rectangular and measures approximately 150m long by 100m wide, or roughly 0.015km2. Of the five German enclaves along the Vennbah route, Rückschlag is by far the smallest.

A farm is erected on the enclave, surrounded by a field and trees. A road runs along the eastern side of the field, in Belgian territory, and allows access from Germany.

The enclave would be inhabited by about 4 people.

History

Before World War I, the Rückschlag region was part of Prussia. At the end of the 19th century, a railway line, the Vennbahn (literally "Way of the Fens") was built. After the German defeat, the Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919, led the eastern cantons to be attached to Belgium under war reparations. Belgium also receives Vennbahn tracks and infrastructure, leading to the creation of five German enclaves on the west side of the line, including Rückschlag,.

Before 1972, Rückschlag depended on the municipality of Konzen. On the 1st, it was entirely absorbed by the neighboring town of Montjoie, on which Rückschlag has therefore depended since then.

Annex

External links

• Belgium–Germany border
• List of enclaves and exclaves
• Vennbahn
• Other Vennbahn enclaves:
  • Münsterbildchen
  • Mützenich
  • Roetgener Wald
  • Ruitzhof

Références

1. Jan S. Krogh. "Vennvahn". Enclaves and Exclaves.
2. Jan S. Krogh. "Vennvahn". Enclaves and Exclaves. Cite error: The named reference "krogh" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
3. "Western Europe". Enclaves of the World. Cite error: The named reference "enclaves" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

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