60.000 BC
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First signs of human settlement in Land of Rode |
| 12 BC – 406 AD |
Roman settlement in Land of Rode |
| 1104 |
Annales Rodenses: first mention of “Land of Rode” |
| Middle Ages |
Land of Rode, along with Burg Rode, Rolduc Abbey and Baalsbrugger watermill, under the control of successive powers (Brabant, Hapsburg, Burgundy, Spain and the Netherlands) |
| 1795 – 1815 |
French occupation |
| 1815 |
Peace of Vienna: Land of Rode divided into two along the Nieuwstraat/Neustrasse, with Rolduc Abbey and Baalsbrugger watermill now in Kerkrade (the Netherlands), and Burg Rode in Herzogenrath (Prussia). |
| 1914 - 1945 |
In the wake of two world wars, Kerkrade and Herzogenrath grow apart |
| after 1945 |
Kerkrade and Herzogenrath go their separate ways, one looking towards The Hague, the other towards Bonn/Berlin |
| after 1950 |
Development of the European ideology and beginnings of cooperation between European countries (ECSC, BENELUX, EEC) |
| 1960 - 1991 |
first informal contacts / cooperation between fire services in Kerkrade and Herzogenrath with joint exercises and first steps towards informal cooperation (precipitated by Treaty of Maastricht and the fall of the Berlin Wall) |
1991
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July: Kerkrade and Herzogenrath sign a statement of intent for the intensification of cross-border cooperation |
| 1995 |
May:
- Opening of new road layout on Nieuwstraat/Neustraße
- Signing of agreement for internationalisation of education
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| 1995 |
October: Commencement of bilingual Babel project in two primary schools each in Kerkrade and Herzogenrath respectively |
| 1995 |
December: Highest point attained in Plitschard development: cheaper housing in Herzogenrath in line with Dutch standards |
| 1996 |
July: (Neighbour) agreement between Kerkade and Herzogenrath with respect to mutual (fire-fighting) assistance |
| 1997 |
Spring: Stichting Eurodefeest/Stiftung Eurodefest becomes Stichting/Stiftung Eurode 2000+ |
| 1998 |
1 January: Inauguration of new cross-border public body EURODE“ |
| 2000 |
January: Opening of Eurode secretariat |
| 2000 |
December: First Eurode medal of honour awarded to Thijs Wöltgens |
| 2001 |
April: Signing of cross-border policing agreement |
| 2001 |
June: The first-ministers of the Netherlands and the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia open the first European business centre: the Eurode Business Center (EBC) |
| 2001 |
November: Second Eurode medal of honour awarded to Theo Kutsch |
| 2002 |
Opening of the first cross-border police station in the EBC |
| 2003 |
- Martin Buber plaque awarded to former Federal German Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt and former Federal German President, Richard van Weizsäcker
- First cross-border commuters day in the EBC
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| 2004 |
Martin Buber plaque awarded to Karlheinz Böhm |
| 2005 |
- Third Eurode medal of honour awarded to Lilian Frederiks-Bos
- Martin Buber plaque awarded to Herman van Veen
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| 2006 |
Martin Buber plaque awarded to Klaus Maria Brandauer |
| 2007 |
Martin Buber plaque awarded to Waris Dirie |
| 2008 |
- German ambassador to the Netherlands, Thomas Läufer visits Eurode
- Opening of Lernwerkstatt by first-minister of North-Rhine Westphalia, Regina van Dinther
- Third tax protocol in operation at the EBC
- Secretary-general of the CDU and member of the German Bundestag, Ronald Pofalla visits Eurode
- Martin Buber plaque awarded to Mikhail Gorbachev and his daughter Irina
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| 2009 |
- May:Eurodemijl/Eurodemeile festival Eurode
- Fourth Eurode medal of honour awarded to the fire services in Kerkrade and Herzogenrath
- Herzogenrath railway station becomes EURODE-Bahnhof
- Martin Buber plaque awarded to Liesje and Hugo Tempelman
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| 2010 |
Martin Buber plaque awarded to Princess Irene of the Netherlands |
| 2011 |
- Fifth Eurode medal of honour awarded to Ralf Klohr (Herzogenrath) and John Heckman (Kerkrade)
- Martin Buber plaque awarded to Peter Maffay
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| 2012 |
- Martin Buber plaque awarded to Gary Kasparov
- Opening Borderinformationpoint
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