Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago

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The German town of Herzogenrath and the Dutch town of Kerkrade effectively form one large town with an international border running through it. This is the story of how this happened, what it meant for the people living there, and how the place functions today.

Chapters:
00:00 Getting our bearings
00:56 In the beginning
02:38 Coal
04:11 Wars and territorial changes
05:31 A road becomes a border
07:10 Civil disobedience
08:40 An increasingly pointless border
11:09 One town
12:19 An office in two countries
13:53 A return to the bad old days?
14:34 Personal thoughts
16:15 Travel tips


Thanks to:
Zweckverband Eurode / Openbaar Lichaam Eurode


Music:

"Animal (Sting)"
by Max Surla / Media Right Productions
YouTube Audio Library

"Style Funk" and "How Swing"
by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com
Creative Commons Attrtibution licence


Maps created with data from
OpenStreetMap
openstreetmap.org

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