Stoubach
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 Belgium
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| Region : | Wallonia | ||
| Province : | Liege | ||
| District : | Verviers | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 11 ′ N , 6 ° 9 ′ E | ||
| Residents: | 18 pop. | ||
Stoubach is a village in the Belgian Eifel with 18 inhabitants that belongs to the municipality of Burg-Reuland in the German-speaking Community .
geography
Stoubach is located in the Ourtal between Diepert in the north, Oberhausen in the south, Richtenberg in the west (all of them municipality of Burg-Reuland) and the German Stupbach (part of the municipality of Lützkampen ), which is immediately to the east, across the river . Stoubach / Stupbach, both in the vernacular "Stubisch", form a historically grown Belgian-German double village . At Stoubach the Federbach flows into the Our .
Stoubach / Stupbach is not the only village divided by the Belgian-German border. In a comparable situation further north are the cross-border villages Lichtenbusch , Kehr and Steinebrück .
history
From a cultural point of view, Stoubach is not an independent village at all, but is only one half of a village, the other half of which is the German Stupbach. A political back and forth over the Eupen-Malmedy-St. It is thanks to Vith that the village was torn into two parts in 1920 due to the Treaty of Versailles . After the area had previously belonged to Prussia, it now became Belgian. At this point, the new border represented the Our flowing through the middle of the village, which marked the political separation of the village. After Belgium was conquered by the German Wehrmacht in 1940, the village was temporarily reunited, but a few years later, after the end of Nazi rule, 'Stubisch' was divided again. The spelling of the names of both districts shows their German (St up bach) or Belgian- French (St ou bach) affiliation.
Stoubach and Stupbach are connected by a bridge, which was destroyed during the Second World War. Planning for a new building began in 1953. This was of particular urgency, as farmers from both parts of the village cultivated land in the other part of the village. The new bridge was completed in 1955, although Belgium and Germany could not finally agree on responsibilities with regard to maintenance until 1973.
