Neu-Moresnet

'New Moresnet') is a village and sub-municipality of Kelmis in the German-speaking community of the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium.

The village was founded as Prussian-Moresnet (German: Preußisch-Moresnet) as part of the Lower Rhine Province.

[3] Dony founded the Vieille Montagne mine in the municipality, and became Europe's largest producer of zinc.

[5] In 1816, a compromise was reached at the Aachen Treaty [nl]: the village of Moresnet was awarded to the Netherlands, Kelmis and the zinc mine became Neutral Moresnet, a Dutch–Prussian condominium, and the remainder was awarded to Prussia as Prussian-Moresnet.

[1] On 28 June 1919, all three parts were awarded to Belgium by the Treaty of Versailles,[6] and Prussian-Moresnet was renamed Neu-Moresnet.

The Moresnet region (1830–1914)
  • Netherlands (1)
  • Belgium (Liège) (2)
  • Neutral Moresnet (3)
  • Prussia (Lower Rhine) (4)