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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description | Some old sources spell the city's name "Malmédy" as this accent was intentionally added when being part of Prussia and Germany, but its official website lists it as "Malmedy", with no accent. In 1919 the city was annexed by the Treaty of Versailles to Belgium from Germany. Along with the neighboring city of Eupen, it formed a German-speaking area of Belgium. Between 1940 and 1945, Malmedy was re-incorporated into Germany. This was reversed after the war. Under the complex administrative structures of Belgium, which has separate structures for territorial administration and for language community rights, Malmedy is part of Wallonia and of the French Community of Belgium. But since it has a significant German speaking minority, it is one of Belgium's municipalities with language facilities (or "municipalities with facilities"). Malmedy and Waimes are the two Walloon municipalities with facilities for German speakers. The population of Malmedy is approximately 80% French speakers and 20% German speakers. The variety of German spoken is Moselle Franconian. The main church of Malmedy was built in 1777 and served as a cathedral from 1920 to 1925. It still holds the title of cathedral. Malmedy was historically part of a clerical microstate, the Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy, but was annexed by France in 1795 and by Prussia in 1815. From 1920 until the plebiscite of 1925, Eupen-Malmédy-St.Vith were governed by the Baltia-government, which had to prepare the annexation of these former German territories into Belgium. The head of this government was lieutenant-general, later baron, Herman Baltia, who had only to rapport to the Belgian prime-minister. |
| Height | 90.00 mm |
| Width | 140.00 mm |
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