{"id":140886,"date":"2023-05-04T16:48:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T14:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/area\/the-dutch-german-border\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:21:04","slug":"the-dutch-german-border","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/area\/the-dutch-german-border\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dutch-German Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pt-cv-wrapper\"><div class=\"pt-cv-view pt-cv-grid pt-cv-colsys pt-cv-same-height\" id=\"pt-cv-view-0ed1f801v9\"><div data-id=\"pt-cv-page-1\" class=\"pt-cv-page\" data-cvc=\"5\" data-cvct=\"3\" data-cvcm=\"1\"><div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"141603\"><div class='pt-cv-ifield'><a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/area\/border\/cross-border-workers-aalten-bocholt-around-1900\/\" class=\"_blank pt-cv-href-thumbnail pt-cv-thumb-default cvplbd cvp-responsive-image img-none\" target=\"_blank\" 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