Moresnet-trip 21-3-2004
7 Men on a roundtrip along the Moresnet-bordermarkers

After the first surveys of the Moresnet-bordermarkers by Jannis Deeleman and me from 2000 to 2002 (see this website),
we are back with 5 other men (introduced later on).
We will walk around the border of Moresnet and photograph the still existing bordermarkers.


NB. This webpage was built in 2022 and is part of a more comprehensive website about the Moresnet-bordermarkers.

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The map with the existing markers (Belgian topographic map)

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Off-topic for today but on our way to Kelmis, Jannis and me make a stop at this old bordermarker of Aachen along the road between Aachen and Kelmis.
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Backside of this Aachen-bordermarker
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2004-03-21 - 10:24:18 (015-gp-moresnet-01-2004-03-21)

In Kelmis we meet with the other 5 men. I will introduce them later. Now starting with the Moresnet-bordermarkers. This is no. 1.
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2004-03-21 - 10:29:30 (020-gp-moresnet-02-2004-03-21)

No. 2
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2004-03-21 - 10:42:48 (025-gp-moresnet-03-2004-03-21)

No. 3
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2004-03-21 - 10:46:45 (030-gp-moresnet-04-2004-03-21)

No. 4
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2004-03-21 - 10:49:13 (035-gp-moresnet-04-2004-03-21-foto2)

No. 4, the other side
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2004-03-21 - 10:58:00 (040-gp-moresnet-05-2004-03-21)

No. 5
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2004-03-21 - 11:04:14 (045-gp-moresnet-06-2004-03-21)

No. 6
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2004-03-21 - 11:12:14 (050-gp-moresnet-07-2004-03-21)

No. 7
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2004-03-21 - 11:19:57 (055-gp-moresnet-08-2004-03-21)

No. 8
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2004-03-21 - 11:28:10 (060-gp-moresnet-09-2004-03-21)

No. 9
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2004-03-21 - 11:33:01 (065-gp-moresnet-10-2004-03-21)

No. 10
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2004-03-21 - 11:44:20 (070-gp-moresnet-11-2004-03-21)

No. 11 in a garden.
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2004-03-21 - 11:44:40 (075-gp-moresnet-11-2004-03-21-met-fotografen)

No. 11 with men in action
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2004-03-21 - 11:51:01 (080-gp-moresnet-12-2004-03-21)

No. 12
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2004-03-21 - 11:56:28 (085-gp-moresnet-13-2004-03-21)

No. 13
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2004-03-21 - 12:04:23 (090-gp-moresnet-14-2004-03-21)

No. 14
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2004-03-21 - 12:10:16 (095-gp-moresnet-15-2004-03-21)

No. 15
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2004-03-21 - 12:20:05 (100-gp-moresnet-16-2004-03-21-wilbert-met-mogelijk-fragment-bij-gp17)

We couldn't find no. 16 but further on - at no. 17 - Wilbert Janssen shows a piece stone of which he thought it could be from no. 16.
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2004-03-21 - 12:24:01 (105-gp-moresnet-16-2004-03-21-wilbert-met-mogelijk-fragment-op-vindplaats)

But he found it here and that is indeed the approximate spot of no. 16.
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2004-03-21 - 12:30:15 (110-gp-moresnet-17-2004-03-21)

No. 17
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2004-03-21 - 12:32:08 (115-gp-moresnet-18-2004-03-21)

No. 18
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2004-03-21 - 12:36:40 (120-gp-moresnet-19-2004-03-21)

No. 19
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2004-03-21 - 12:38:09 (125-gp-moresnet-19-2004-03-21-met-fotografen)

No. 19 in the spotlights
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2004-03-21 - 12:38:30 (130-gp-moresnet-19-2004-03-21-met-alleen-fotografen)

Same scene, from left to right: Rob Vaessens, Harry ter Veen, Jannis Deeleman and Peter Dirven.
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2004-03-21 - 12:43:53 (135-gp-moresnet-gemeentetripoint-tussen19en21-2004-03-21-foto1-met-rob)

Rob Vaessens poses at a triangular stone found between no. 19 and 21.
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It is apparently a marker of a municipality-tripoint. On this side we see MR from Moresent.
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2004-03-21 - 12:46:37 (145-gp-moresnet-gemeentetripoint-tussen19en21-2004-03-21-foto4)

And on this side:  ?
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2004-03-21 - 12:54:18 (150-gp-moresnet-21-2004-03-21)

We couldn't find no. 20. This is no. 21.
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2004-03-21 - 13:01:27 (155-gp-moresnet-22-2004-03-21)

No. 22
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2004-03-21 - 13:05:35 (160-gp-moresnet-23-2004-03-21)

No. 23
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2004-03-21 - 13:11:09 (165-gp-moresnet-23-2004-03-21-groepsfoto2)

No. 23 with our company. From left to right: Eef Berns (me, website), Peter Dirven (website), Wilbert Janssen, kneeling: Rob Vaessens, Harry ter Veen (website), Eberhard Gutberlett (who sadly passed away in 2019, his website still online) and Jannis Deeleman (website).
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2004-03-21 - 13:16:08 (170-gp-moresnet-24-2004-03-21)

No. 24
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2004-03-21 - 13:24:12 (175-gp-moresnet-25-2004-03-21)

No. 25
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2004-03-21 - 13:31:37 (180-gp-moresnet-26-2004-03-21)

No. 26
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2004-03-21 - 13:35:47 (185-gp-moresnet-27-2004-03-21)

No. 27
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2004-03-21 - 13:37:06 (190-gp-moresnet-28-2004-03-21)

No. 28
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2004-03-21 - 13:43:03 (195-gp-moresnet-29-2004-03-21)

No. 29
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2004-03-21 - 13:50:01 (200-gp-moresnet-30-2004-03-21)

No. 30
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2004-03-21 - 13:50:52 (205-gp-moresnet-31-2004-03-21)

No. 31
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2004-03-21 - 14:53:17 (210-gp-moresnet-32-2004-03-21)

No. 32
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2004-03-21 - 14:57:38 (215-gp-moresnet-33-2004-03-21)

No. 33, backside
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2004-03-21 - 14:57:51 (220-gp-moresnet-33-2004-03-21-voorkant)

No. 33
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2004-03-21 - 15:01:24 (225-gp-moresnet-34-2004-03-21)

No. 34
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2004-03-21 - 15:05:43 (230-gp-moresnet-35-2004-03-21)

No. 35
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2004-03-21 - 15:09:11 (235-gp-moresnet-36-2004-03-21)

No. 36
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2004-03-21 - 15:11:23 (240-gp-moresnet-37-2004-03-21)

No. 37
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2004-03-21 - 15:16:14 (245-gp-moresnet-38-2004-03-21)

No. 38
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2004-03-21 - 15:20:39 (250-gp-moresnet-39-2004-03-21)

No. 39
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2004-03-21 - 15:24:16 (255-gp-moresnet-40-2004-03-21)

No. 40
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2004-03-21 - 15:27:46 (260-gp-moresnet-41-2004-03-21)

No. 41
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2004-03-21 - 15:32:01 (265-gp-moresnet-42-2004-03-21)

No. 42
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2004-03-21 - 15:34:01 (270-gp-moresnet-43-2004-03-21)

No. 43
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2004-03-21 - 15:36:44 (275-gp-moresnet-44-2004-03-21)

No. 44
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2004-03-21 - 15:37:42 (280-gp-moresnet-44-2004-03-21-met-fotografen2)

No. 44, we all want our own pictures
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2004-03-21 - 15:40:36 (285-gp-moresnet-45-2004-03-21)

No. 45
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2004-03-21 - 15:43:12 (290-gp-moresnet-46-2004-03-21)

No. 46
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2004-03-21 - 15:46:26 (295-gp-moresnet-47-2004-03-21)

No. 47
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2004-03-21 - 15:51:16 (300-gp-moresnet-48-2004-03-21)

No. 48
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2004-03-21 - 15:53:49 (305-gp-moresnet-49-2004-03-21)

No. 49
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2004-03-21 - 15:58:05 (310-gp-moresnet-50-2004-03-21)

No. 50
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2004-03-21 - 16:02:28 (315-gp-moresnet-51-2004-03-21)

No. 51
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2004-03-21 - 16:25:50 (320-gp-moresnet-57-2004-03-21)

No. 57.

The numbers 52 and 54-56 are considered to be lost and we didn't look for them. No. 53 is in the museum Vieille Montagne in Kelmis.
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2004-03-21 - 16:28:20 (325-gp-moresnet-58-2004-03-21)

No. 58
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2004-03-21 - 16:35:25 (330-gp-moresnet-59-2004-03-21)

No. 59
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2004-03-21 - 16:39:00 (335-gp-moresnet-60-2004-03-21)

No. 60
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2004-03-21 - 16:39:46 (340-gp-moresnet-60-2004-03-21-foto2)

No. 60