The Iron Rhine Treaty (1873) was a treaty between Belgium and the Netherlands regarding the passage of the international Iron Rhine railway line from Antwerp (Belgium) to Mönchengladbach (Germany) over Dutch territory in Limburg (the Netherlands). This put into effect a Belgian right to access to Germany through Dutch territory established in the 1839 Treaty of London.
The Iron Rhine Treaty (1873) was a treaty between Belgium and the Netherlands regarding the passage of the international Iron Rhine railway line from Antwerp (Belgium) to Mönchengladbach (Germany) over Dutch territory in Limburg (the Netherlands). This put into effect a Belgian right to access to Germany through Dutch territory established in the 1839 Treaty of London.
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