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Municipality in the German-speaking Community of Belgium
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Kelmis is a municipality of 11,000 people (2018) in the Belgian Province of Liège. It is of historic interest mostly because it used to be the capital of Neutral Moresnet, a de facto microstate between Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, existing from 1816-1919. Kelmis is part of the German-speaking community of Belgium.
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Former Göhltalmuseum
An interesting museum about the zinc industry and the social/political history of Neutral Morisnet.
City hall in the centre of Kelmis. Used to be the girl's school St. Louis, financed by the city's zinc company Vieille Montagne.
A Lutheran church, next to which the final resting place of Dr. Wilhelm Molly, who tried to transform Neutral-Morisnet to the world's first Esperanto speaking state, can be found. The church lies in Neu-Moresnet, hence just outside the former neutral area.
Catholic church in the centre of Kelmis.
Memorial of the first and second world wars.
Where the borders of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands meet
By bus
ASEAG bus route 24 from Aachen ends in Kelmis, running every 30 minutes except hourly on Sundays. German tickets are valid for the entire trip. Night bus service N7 runs on weekend nights.
By car
European highway E40 passes nearby from Dunkerque, Ghent, Brussels and Liège, becoming Autobahn A44 across the border.
The actual primary town of Kelmis is small enough to traverse on foot, for outlying settlements check TEC buses or use a private car.
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