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| The northernmost area of the 'District Kleve' has always been a borderland and people and ground have been moving from one province or country to the other frequently over the last centuries. In 1963 the final borderline was confirmed. |
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Wyler/Wijler:
no more border patrol, you can cross the State Boundary without formalities nowadays. |
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Abandoned border-check-point house. It meanwhile hosts a newspaper and lotery shop by the way. |
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Wyler/Kranenburg: border check-point for vehicles and customs clearance section: abandoned since the Schengen-Treaty of 1996. |
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Bilingual street signs and announcements can often be found in the German Kleve-area, although Dutch-language has no official status here. |
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Long distance street sign posting in the Lower Rhine county: most places have names of Dutch or Low German origin. |
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Kranenburg
(DE) bilingual text on the window of this snack-shop. |
BK 17. September 2000
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