Warum hat Belgien direkt neben Luxemburg eine Provinz namens „Luxemburg“, die größer als Luxemburg ist?
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Von harkonnen85
Warum hat Belgien direkt neben Luxemburg eine Provinz namens „Luxemburg“, die größer als Luxemburg ist?
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Von harkonnen85
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Because some time ago it belonged to the territory of Luxembourg.
Someone can’t use Google*. *other search engines are available
To confuse people looking for flats in Luxembourg.
Luxembourg and Belgium were part of the United Netherlands (Luxembourg via Personal Union)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands)
Until the Belgians decided they didn’t want to be part of the United Netherlands any more (with some French help)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Revolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Revolution)
But they couldn’t agree how to split Luxembourg and Limburg, so Britain, Russia, Germany, France and Germany decided to get involved.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_London_(1839)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_London_(1839))
And now we have 2 Luxembourgs and 2 Limburgs.
Medieval trolling