Born (Belgium)

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Born (Liège)
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State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Wallonia
Province : Liege
District : Verviers
Coordinates : 50 ° 20 ′  N , 6 ° 7 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′  N , 6 ° 7 ′  E
Residents: 602 pop.
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Born is a village in the Belgian Eifel with 602 inhabitants (as of January 2016), which belongs to the municipality of Amel and the province of Liège . Born is located in the German-speaking part of the Kingdom of Belgium and belongs to the German-speaking community .

St. Luzia parish church in Born

The name Born comes from the word Born “Brunnen, Quelle” and indicates the many existing springs. Born belonged to the municipality of Recht until 1977 , since then it has been part of the large municipality of Amel.

Born is located on the Vennbahn , a former railway line from Aachen to Ulflingen in Luxembourg , as well as on the former line to Vielsalm that branches off here . The route to Vielsalm is connected to the Vennbahn by the Freiherr von Korff Bridge, a flyover structure . The bridge (completed in 1916, 11 arches, 285 m long, 18 m high) is named after the former district administrator of the Malmedy district , Baron von Korff .

The Autobahn 27 runs west of the village, to which Born is connected via the exit Recht.

The Vennbahn line between Aachen and Ulflingen has been expanded into a cross-border cycling and hiking trail.

  • Baron von Korff Bridge

  • Lookout point on the viaduct

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population figures of the Amel community
  2. ↑ Bike tour on the Vennbahn route: three days, three countries . In: Spiegel Online . June 19, 2015 ( spiegel.de [accessed March 14, 2018]).

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