Eupen
Sign in to saveEupen (, , ; ; ; former ) is the capital of German-speaking Community of Belgium and is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Liège, from the German border (Aachen), from the Dutch border (Maastricht) and from the "High Fens" nature reserve (Ardennes). The town is also the capital of the Euroregion Meuse-Rhine.
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Eupen is a city in the Belgian province of Liège that serves as the capital of Belgium's German-speaking community and is located near the borders with Germany and the Netherlands. The town is also the administrative center of the Euroregion Meuse-Rhine, a cross-border cooperation area.
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- Location of Eupen in the province of Liège
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- Belgium municipality.province
- Liège
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- 63023
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Claudia Niessen (Ecolo)
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- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 4700, 4701
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- History
- Early history
- Habsburgs and Germans
- 20th century
- Climate
- Culture
- Sport
- Notable people
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Eupen (, , ; ; ; former ) is the capital of German-speaking Community of Belgium and is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Liège, from the German border (Aachen), from the Dutch border (Maastricht) and from the "High Fens" nature reserve (Ardennes). The town is also the capital of the Euroregion Meuse-Rhine.
First mentioned in 1213 as belonging to the Duchy of Limburg, possession of Eupen passed to Brabant, Burgundy, the Holy Roman Empire and France before being given in 1815 to Prussia, which became part of the new German Empire in 1871. In 1919, after the First World War, the Treaty of Versailles transferred Eupen and the nearby municipality of Malmedy from Germany to Belgium.