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    Warum besitzt Belgien dieses Land nicht?

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    4. bricart on

      We lost it during our war of independence. The Dutch wanted to keep it to be able to block the access to the arbour of Antwerpen.

    5. L-Malvo on

      Because NL wants to own it, so that they (we) control the Scheldt and thus directly influence the harbor of Antwerp. If not for that piece of land, the harbor Antwerp would’ve been larger than Rotterdam.

      Secondly, this part of land is already quite occupied by Belgians (unfortunately). It’s not that I don’t like our southern neighbors, but it’s getting out of hand really.

    7. FatMax1492 on

      Because it’s a strategically valuable region that was captured by I think Maurice of Orange to block shipping from the port of Antwerp which was still part of the Spanish Netherlands at the time.

    9. Marus1 on

      Because all we could get is an agreement on water discharge for the channel Gent Terneuzen with them and an agreement on using the scheldt for the port of antwerp … and we had to be ok with that hassle because of history

      I don’t complain tho, especially now they’ve made the tunnel of Terneuzen free (looking at you, antwerp)

    14. hmtk1976 on

      Because the Brits didn´t want the Belgian army to take it (and parts of Dutch Limburg) after WW I.

      It´s not a bad thing though. Zeeuws-Vlaanderen hasn´t suffered ruimtelijke wanorde like Belgium does.

    16. Flederm4us on

      If you go visit the border you’ll get to realize why. There are a lot of traces left of the war that fixed that bit of the border.

    17. SagittariusMoon21 on

      Because Belgium had only enough frietjes to feed that many people. They ran out before they could convince them to our side.

    20. Parking_Presence2260 on

      Cause Nederlands didnt want lose it and let them keep control of the estuary’s Schelde

    21. Hedgeknight5 on

      are you suggesting a special mititary operation of around let’s say … 3 days? Coincidentally, that’s also the amount of ammo Belgium currently has in stock…

    23. radicalerudy on

      During the independance war we captured it but the english forced us to consolidate it to the dutch to stop the war. We actually had a much larger army that could have kept on fighting while the dutch were losing but the english wanted a quick resolution

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