But what is the history before that? Well, the museum shows quite a lot of history of its textile industry, but I'm not that much interested about that. Parts of the East Cantons were in different small prinicipalities and dioceses, but let's start our discussion on 1713/1714, when treaties of Utrecht and Rastatt established the Austrian Netherlands and these lands were united in one entity. With the exception of Neutral-Moresnet, the East Belgian territories became Prussian territory due to the decisions of the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and thus belonged to the German Confederation from 1815 to 1866 and later in the German Empire. (previous | next | back to album | 2024:06:29 13:43:28 | 32% of an album)