Border

The border with Germany shaped everyday life in Aalten for centuries: from border offices, boundary stones and smuggling to cross-border work, refugees and border incidents.

Places

Achterop (Old Border Office)

Kiefteweg 10

Border Office & Tram Station Heurne

Hamelandroute 91

De Kapelle

Hamelandroute 92

Kesenbult (Boundary Stone 171)

Kiefteweg / Veenhuisweg

Stories

A Border Incident

An Amusing Border Story

Cross-border workers Aalten-Bocholt around 1900

German currency as a daily means of payment

Opening of the Hameland Route

Refugees in Aalten during WW I

Shot ‘Smuggler’ Turns Out to Be Innocent

Unrest in Aalten

Wandering Along the Border