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A map of our circular walk, starting in Kelmis (or La Calamine in French, also the streets have bilingual names).
Total distance of our trip 18,8km, denivellation: 580m up, 580m down.
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Early
start in Kelmis at 8 o'clock. In the background the Museum Vieille
Montagne which we will visit in the afternoon to see bordermarker 53.
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Along the road to no. 1, passing this billboard.
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No. 1
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No. 1
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No. 1
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No. 2 stands behind this house (Rue Hof 48, La Calamine). There is a
dead-end street at the back of the house where we can enter the garden.
The shutters of the house are closed so we dare to trespass this priate
garden.
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2021-12-17 - 08:33:34 (040-IMG_8201)
No. 2
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No. 3, the estimated original spot, in fact about 1 meter from the
tarmac in the field. Coordinates based on old pictures and the
Moresnet-borderline on our digital map. |
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No. 3, approximate original spot. In 2013 removed because of
construction plans which were abandoned later. Relocated in 2019 behind
the townhall at the Kirchstrasse 31 in Kelmis (information of Michael
Stein, see further on for pictures of it at its new place). |
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No. 4 in the backgarden of Rue Bruyère 50A, La Calamine
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No one was at home so we gave it a try without permission.
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No. 4
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No. 4
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No. 5
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No. 5
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No. 6 needed a little pruning
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for better pictures.
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No. 6
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No. 6
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No. 7
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No. 7
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We have to enter the fields to do the markers 8 to 10. This is no. 8.
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No. 8
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No. 9
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No. 9
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No. 9
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No. 10
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No. 10
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No. 10, this is obviously a new borderstone
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with its flat upper surface and the two raw sides at the back.
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No. 11, the third one in a private garden. Adress: Moresneterstraße 127, Bleyberg.
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This time someone is at home and permission is granted without a problem.
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No. 11
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No. 12
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The H indicates a water source nearby for the fire brigade.
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No. 12
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No. 13 in a field. We are leaving the inhabited area of Kelmis.
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No. 13
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No. 13
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No. 14 is a the southern edge of another field.
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No. 14
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Then we spot this waymark.
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It indicates a walking route along the Moresnet-bordermarkers. See this leaflet.
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No. 15 needs crossing a part of the forest.
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No. 15
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No. 15
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No. 16 has disappeared since at least 2000, this is the approximate original spot.
Estimated coordinates based on the Belgian topographic maps. Later
information provided by Michael Stein: left side of the road/dirtraod,
just before it joins the Moresnet-borderline.
A piece of this marker is (was?) kept at the Museum Vieille Montagne in Kelmis.
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No. 17
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No. 17
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No. 17
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No. 18
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No. 18
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No. 18
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No. 19
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No. 19
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No. 19
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No. 19
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No. 20, estimated original spot. Disappeared since at least 2000.
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Estimated coördinates based on several Belgian topographic maps.
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Later information of Michael Stein indicates that the origina spot was
a bit further than the white-red pole: left of the small trail which
climbs N from her.
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No. 21
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No. 21
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No. 21
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No. 22
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No. 22
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No. 23
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No. 23
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No. 23
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No. 24
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No. 24
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No. 24
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No. 25
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No. 25
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No. 25
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No. 26
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No. 26
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No. 26
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No. 26
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No. 27
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No. 27
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No. 27
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No. 28
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No. 28
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No. 28
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No. 28
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No. 29
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No. 29
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No. 29
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No. 30
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No. 30
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Monument. On the internet we find "The
aim of "Via Dolorosa"is to draw attention to the suffering of Belgium
during the First World by the organization "Women for Peace" going
through the path of suffering".
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No. 30
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No. 30, we are now close to the BEDENL-tripoint.
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Before we proceed to the next logical Moresnet-borderpoint - the tripoint - we make pictures of the estimated spot of no. 31.
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The last known picture of this marker dates from 2004. It is believed
to be removed or buried when the parking was being asphalted. |
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Zoom-in to the tripoint
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No. 31, estimated spot.
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The BEDENL-tripoint with the Moresnet-border indicated.
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2021-12-17 - 12:12:33 (510-IMG_8324)
Jannis (left) and me. Time for a lunch break, the cafes are closed
because of the covid19-crisis but we enjoy take-out fried chips.
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2021-12-17 - 12:48:06 (515-IMG_8328)
On the road again. This is no.32.
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No. 32
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No. 33
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No. 33
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No. 33
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No. 33
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No. 34
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No. 34
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No. 35
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No. 35
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No. 35
The path is easy and the bordermarkers along the path. But we forget no. 36. I will return on 29-12-2021 for that one.
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No. 37 with
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an information panel
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on Moresnet.
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No. 37
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No. 37
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No. 38
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No. 38
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No. 39
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No. 39
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No. 39
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No. 40
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No. 40
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No. 41
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No. 41
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No. 42
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No. 42
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No. 42
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No. 43
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No. 43
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No. 44
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No. 44
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No. 44
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No. 45
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No. 45
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No. 46
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No. 46
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No. 46
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No. 47
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No. 47
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No. 47
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No. 48
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No. 48
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No. 48
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No. 48
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No. 48
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No. 49, a new stone. We read somewhere that the former one was
destroyed by forestry activities and that this replacement was financed
out of insurance compensations.
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No. 49
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No. 49
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No. 49
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(761-Mnet-50-foto Frans Meeùs 2011-met-naam-1024px)
This is what was left over from no. 50. Photo by Frans Meeus taken in
2011, the last known picture. Recently Boudewijn Palthe searched in
vain for it.
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And we can't find it either.
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Jannis spotted this hole which could be the original spot.
I will return on 29-12-2021
for a new search and establish another spot by comparing old pictures
with the present situation. Later information by Michael Stein learned
that it has disappeared or been removed and that a new one is in
construction.
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No. 51
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No. 51
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No. 51
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No. 51
The following markers 52 to 56 are considered to be lost (except no. 53
which is now in the Museum Vieille Montagne, see further on) from which
markers 52-55 were presumably removed when that area was in use as a
sand quarry.
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We arrive at no. 57 (adress: Käskorb 17, La Calamine)
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No. 57. In 2011 it still stood at the corner of the left house. In
earlier days (information of Michael Stein) it stood behind the house.
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No. 57
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No. 57
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No. 57
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No. 57
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No. 58 (adress: Hattich 6, La Calamine) |
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No. 58
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No. 58
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No. 58
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No. 58
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No. 59 (adress: opposite of Brunnenstraße 33, Kelmis)
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No. 59
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No. 59
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No. 59
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No. 59
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No. 60, the last one.
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No. 60 (adress: Lütticherstraße 119, Kelmis)
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No. 60
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No. 60
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No. 60
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Then we walk to the the Kirchstraße 31 Lütticherstraße 119, Kelmis
where the Kelmis-townhall is. Behind it we find the relocated no. 3.
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No. 3. The couryard is freely accessible.
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No. 3
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Our terminus is the very interesting Museum Vieille Montagne ( Lütticherstraße 282, Kelmis) where no. 53 is on exhibition.
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No. 53
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No. 53
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No. 53
It's been enough. Tired but content, we drive back home.
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