Lontzen (BE)

Lontzen is a bilingual (German-French) municipality (5,513 inhabitants in 2013) located in the Walloon province of Liège, in the German autonomous community. It includes the villages Herbesthal and Walhorn. In the period 1815-1919 it belonged to the Kingdom of Prussia (Empire of Germany).

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Postmarks after 1950

Postal codes since 1969: 4710 (Lontzen, Herbesthal), 4711 (Walhorn)

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Baudouin period

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Postmarks before 1950

Leopold III period

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Albert I period

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Kingdom of Prussia - Empire of Germany period

HERBESTHAL used the Prussian code 1750 in circles, in the Eupen district (Kreis), Aachen Bezirk in the Rheinland province.

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HERBESTHAL in 1919.

Covers

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