d'r blauwe poal

"The blue pole" is the translation of this Limburgs dialect.

Austria / Dutch border.
In the 18th century saw the borders of the Netherlands in this region very different. In many places in Europe, war and many areas were occupied by other nations. Netherlands was divided into several pieces and around Landgraaf layers Dutch and Austrian enclaves. In 1786, Schaesberg, which had become rather Austrian, by the treaty of Fontainebleau, ceded to Holland. The boundary between Nieuwenhagen (State) with Ubach over Worms and Brunssum, which remained Austrian, was recorded on that occasion by bluestone poles.

In a very few place to find something of this time back. Thus there Landgraaf some border posts. A pole is surrounded by shot in the Second World War; a pile of inferior quality is on the Brunsummerheide beside the road between Landgraaf and Brunssum. The third pole you will find if you go looking for this cache. In the vernacular, it is also known as: The Blue Poal.

The Blue Poal was placed in the 18th century as a boundary marker between State and Austrian territory. Stone flagged later the boundary between the former municipalities and Ubach over Worms Nieuwenhagen. The States Lion and the Austrian Eagle are good at recognizing the post.



The Blue Poal once stood in the middle of the field to the east of the former air shaft of a coal mine, but then had to give way for the construction of a slaughterhouse and then moved to a secondary school. After years of wrangling this pole is back in the village or on the original site but a kilometer of it removed.