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ENCLAVE H3 (Belgian)
Local name: De Rethsche Akkers
Origin: originally 1198
No inhabitants (17 October 2016)
Surface: 3,428 m²
Circumference: 0.295 km
Not accessible by public road

The rectangular enclave H3 consists of arable land with a barn on which the enclave boundary. It is clearly visible from the Visweg. The barn gate and the lowest part of the wolfseind (the chamfered end of the ridge) are located on Dutch territory, so outside the Belgian enclave. The rest of the barn is in the enclave. In the west, H3 approaches the mother enclave H1 to within 7.09 meters!


ENCLAVE H4 (Belgian)
Local name: De Rethsche Akkers
Origin: originally 1198
Inhabitants: 4 (17 October 2016)
Surface: 14,760 m²
Circumference: 0.727 km
Accessible by car via the public road

H4 is an irregularly shaped enclave with two triangular fields in the northwest, part of the Visweg and a trapezoidal plot to the east of the road. The enclave is inhabited. There are two houses: Visweg 2 and Visweg 3, both in Baarle-Hertog. According to topographical maps, the first buildings in the enclave H4 date from 1967.


ENCLAVE H5 (Belgian)
Local name: De Kapel Akkers
Origin: originally 1198
Inhabitants: 10 (17 October 2016)
Surface: 9,245 m²
Circumference: 0.535 km
Accessible by car via the public road

The L-shaped enclave H5 on the Kapelstraat is a residential zone with six houses on it: Kapelstraat 51 and Smederijstraat 12A, 12B, 14, 16 and 18. The north side of the enclave runs right up to the industrial building of System Construction SPJ, Smederijstraat 10 in Baarle-Nassau. On the east side, the enclave border follows the edge of Smederijstraat. Both the footpath and the road are Dutch. The enclave residents can only enter their Belgian home through Dutch territory.


ENCLAVE H10 (Belgian)
Local name: De Oordelsche Straat
Origin: originally 1198
No inhabitants (17 October 2016)
Surface: 6,500 m²
Circumference: 0.402 km
Not accessible by public road

H10 is a small L-shaped enclave just northeast of the second largest Belgian enclave (H8). The enclave H10 is not inhabited and there are no buildings. It consists entirely of farmland.


ENCLAVE H11 (Belgian)
Local name: De Oordelsche Straat
Origin: originally 1198
No inhabitants (17 October 2016)
Surface: 9,300 m²
Circumference: 0.423 km
Accessible via the Alphenseweg (N260)

H11 is a quasi-rectangular enclave north of the second largest enclave (H8). It is located on the Alphenseweg and mainly consists of agricultural land. The enclave H11 is not inhabited. There are no buildings.


ENCLAVE H16 (Belgian)
Local name: Keizershoek - Oordelsche Straat - De Akkers
Origin: originally 1198
Inhabitants: 5 (17 October 2016)
Surface: 44,252 m²
Circumference: 1,362 km
Accessible by car via the public road

H16 is an irregularly shaped enclave which is located between the hamlets of Oordeel and Nijhoven. Its western part is a narrow, elongated rectangle that extends to the Visweg. Many maps, including Google Maps, go wrong here. The house with the address Visweg 1 in Baarle-Hertog and the narrow shed behind it are located entirely in the Belgian enclave. The lawn, the driveway and the other outbuildings are located in the Netherlands.


ENCLAVE H19 (Belgian)
Local name: De Peruiters
Origin: originally 1198
No inhabitants (17 October 2016)
Surface: 6,851 m²
Circumference: 0.368 km
Not accessible by public road

H19 is a quasi-rectangular enclave, consisting of part of a meadow and part of a grove with a pond. The enclave can only be reached via a closed Dutch private road. It is separated from the Belgian-Dutch main border by a meadow.


ENCLAVE H20 (Belgian)
Local name: Wurstenbosch - Vossenberg
Origin: originally 1198
No inhabitants (17 October 2016)
Surface: 11,681 m²
Circumference: 0.462 km
Not accessible via the public road

H20 is a quasi-rectangular enclave, located in a stream valley on 42.85 meters from a field road. The enclave includes a field through which the Markske watercourse runs from east to west. The stream splits the plot into a large northern part and a small southern part. There is a lot of reed growing. H20 is located 77.66 meters away from the main border.


ENCLAVE H21 (Belgian)
Local name: Baelbrugsche Beemden
Origin: originally 1198
No inhabitants (17 October 2016)
Surface: 11,845 m²
Circumference: 0.536 km
Not accessible by public road

The small, irregularly shaped Belgian enclave H21 is located between the Krommenhoek and Baarlebrug, near the Dutch isthmus that connects Castelré to the rest of Baarle-Nassau. The management of the meadow plots is partly in the hands of Staatsbosbeheer, an organization of the Dutch government. It is one of the few 'foreign' plots of Staatsbosbeheer.


ENCLAVE H22 (Belgian)
Local name: De Wit Hagen
Origin: disputed area until 1995, then Belgian territory
No inhabitants (17 October 2016)
Surface: 2,632 m²
Circumference: 0.209 km
Not accessible by public road

H22 is the second smallest enclave worldwide and has the shortest enclave circumference in the world: 209 meters. The enclave occupies a third of a rectangular meadow in the far west of the municipality of Baarle-Nassau and is far from the public road. It is located in the Withagen, southwest of the church village of Ulicoten. The square plot consists of a lawn that leans against the Polish Heining. This is a watercourse that originates in the Hollandse Bossen and flows between the hamlets of Oude Strumpt and Nieuwe Strumpt in the direction of Meerle.


ENCLAVE N4 (Dutch)
Local name: De Rethsche Akkers
Origin: originally 1198
No inhabitants (January 25, 2017)
Surface: 12,324 m²
Circumference: 0.464 km
Not accessible via the public road

N4 is a quasi-rectangular Dutch counter-enclave (an enclave in an enclave). It is located in the Belgian enclave H1, between the Wiekenweg and the Mulderpad. N4 consists of a car park, two lawns (partially), a corner of the headquarters of the Q-Lite company and part of the pavement around it.


ENCLAVE N5 (Dutch)
Local name: De Rethsche Akkers
Origin: originally 1198
Inhabitants: 25 (January 25, 2017)
Surface: 19,212 m²
Circumference: 0.796 km
Accessible by car via the public road

N5 is a Dutch counter-enclave (an enclave in an enclave). It is located in the south of H1, the Belgian main enclave. N5 and N3 are closest to each other as counter-enclaves. The distance between the two is only 18.06 meters. N5 is the Dutch enclave with the largest population (25). And of all Dutch enclaves it is the furthest away from the motherland, namely 246.50 meters.


ENCLAVE N6 (Dutch)
Local name: Gierlestraat
Origin: originally 1198
Inhabitants: 3 (January 25, 2017)
Surface: 14,527 m²
Circumference: 0.509 km
Accessible by car via the public road

N6 is a quasi-rectangular Dutch counter-enclave (a enclave within an enclave). It is located in the south of the Belgian enclave H1 and consists largely of agricultural land. There are also two houses: Gierlestraat 22A and 22B in Baarle-Nassau.


ENCLAVE N7 (Dutch)
Local name: De Kastelein
Origin: originally 1198
Inhabitants: none (January 25, 2017)
Surface: 5,812 m²
Circumference: 0.407 km
Not accessible via the public road

N7 is a narrow, rectangular counter-enclave (an enclave in an enclave). As the only Dutch enclave, it is completely surrounded by the territory of the Belgian enclave H8. N7 is the most northerly counter-enclave in the world.