| Pictures of Dutch-German border crossing 'Hebelermeer' in the Landkreis "Emsland" (EL) in Lower Saxony west of Meppen along the German Federal Road (Bundesstrasse) 402 (K203), Dutch N37 from Emmen and Hoogeveen resp. |
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Border
crossing: Arrival in the Dutch Province 'Drenthe', the N37 trunk road will be transformed into the Dutch motorway A37 here. |
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Border
crossing: Arrival or looking back to the German side: the B402 towards Meppen and the A31-autobahn. |
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Border
crossing: End of the B402, and entering Dutch territory of Province Drenthe. On the right an indicator saying 'Netherlands'and Drenthe-Province just below. |
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Hebelermeer: Next to the German trunk road, there is a small local road leading to the village of Zwartemeer ("Black Sea") as well. View from the German side. Am Schlagbaum (D) / Eemslandweg (NL) |
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Hebelermeer: Make a right turn from the main road (B402) to go the side road. |
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Typical German bus-stop
sign, yet carrying the name of the foreign Dutch village. (B402) |
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Hebelermeer: Next to the German trunk road, there is a small local road leading to the village of Zwartemeer as well. View from the Dutch side. The living-house and premises in the background on the left still are Dutch territory, although the street in front of it is German territory. Eemslandweg (NL) / Am Schlagbaum (D) |
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Hebelermeer: German road sign: below displaying the Dutch places and Dutch road number. |
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Hebelermeer: First intersection on the German side, just a few yards from the border-line. On the right a parking-lot can be seen where the border control used to take place, even today in the picture a van of the Dutch Marechaussee can be seen. |
BK December 2004
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