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Territorial Subdivisions

• 1839-now

  The Kingdom of the Netherlands is subdivided in provinces. The following are "neighbors" of Belgium (and parts of them where, at one moment or another, administrated from a Belgian city):
  • Zeeland
  • Noord-Brabant
  • Limburg

• 1814-1830/1839

  The following provices did belong "de jure" to the Netherlands for the period 1814-1839, but where de facto independent from 1830 on, and formed the Kingdom of Belgium.
  • Province Antwerp (1815-1830)
  • Province Zuid-Brabant (1815-1830)
  • Province West-Flanders (1815-1830)
  • Province East-Flanders (1815-1830)
  • Province Hainaut (1815-1830)
  • Province Liege (1815-1830)
  • Province Limburg (1815-1830) (NDL + BEL)
  • Province Luxembourg (LUX + BEL)
  • Province Namur (1815-1830)
  The provinces of Limburg and Luxembourg where in 1839 spiltted in two. The Eastern half did return to the Netherlands. For Luxembourg remained in fact the Grand-Duchy part of the Netherlands, but the Western half was detached to form the Belgian province Luxembourg.

• Before 1814

  • France and the Kingdom of Holland (1795-1814)

  • Dutch Republic and the "Generaliteitslanden" (before 1795)

• Border

  • The border markers of the Netherlands
  • The border markers of the Netherlands (archive)
    Images of all border markers bnetywen the Netherlands and Belgium, with maps, ...

Short history with bibliography

• Modern History (1795-)

  • WW I

    Receiving refugees in The Netherlands during the First World War 1914-1918 (broken URL)

  • Verenigd Koninkrijk van de Nederlanden (1815-)

    The "Verenigd Koninkrijk van de Nederlanden (United Kingdom of the Netherlands)", created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, was and is in fact a personal union, with different rules of heritage, of the following countries:

    • The Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815-)
      The former Austrian Netherlands, with the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, did split of in 1830 and formed the Kingdom of Belgium in 1831 (accepted by the King of the Netherlands in 1839). The Belgium did retroceed parts of the Limbourg and Luxembourg to the Netherlands in 1839.
    • The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg (1815-1871 (?))
    • Indonesia
    • Surinam
    • ...

    The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg was member of the German Confederation from 1815 until 1871 (?). See the map of the German Confederation. The black line represents the initial limits in 1815.

Sources

• Modern Times

  • Civil Registers

    Civil Registers: 1815-1938 - how to find (Dutch)

Repositories

• Internet

  • Population reconstructions Overview of existing databases (Dutch)

Societies

• Internet

  • WorldGenWeb

    DutchGenWeb: The Netherlands

    webmaster: DutchGenWeb@fnworld.com

    GenBBS: DutchGenWeb

    Dutch Provinces

Migration / Emigration / Immigration

• Emigration from East-Flanders to the Netherlands

  • Book: Aalsterse katoendrukkers naar Helmond in Nederland 1846 - 1860 by A. Braet en L. Bombeeck, 2003

Families and Family Histories

• Jan Wullaert: Brugge, WVL, BEL -> Leiden, NDL (site in Dutch)

Sciences

• Heraldry

  • Dutch decorations and insignia
  • Differences between flags of Netherlands and Luxembourg (FOTW site)

• Maps

  • Netherlands: Cadastral Maps 1832 (Dutch)

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