For once, not a lost place name, but a lost province! On May 1, 1873, an auxiliary post office was established in Alem, belonging to the jurisdiction of the 's-Hertogenbosch post office. The postmaster was provided with an office name stamp. Only more than twelve years...
The village of Stoppeldijk was located in Zeelandic Flanders, not far from Hulst. The village already existed in the Middle Ages and was then called Stoppeldijcke. Although at that time, the village was called Rapenburg by the inhabitants. In 1936, the independent municipality of Stoppeldijk...
Chèvremont, a French name for a Dutch village. How is that possible? That name exists in France too! In the Territoire de Belfort department. Does it have anything to do with mutual ties? No, not at all. It is simply incorrect. The village...
Who has ever heard of Lange Ruige Weide? Residents of Driebruggen and the surrounding area in South Holland certainly know this name. But was it ever a place name? We go back to before the French era, because that is when this municipality existed...
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