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| | Baarle Nassau and Baarle Hertog |
 | | The name appears for the first time in 992, in a "false charter", when Countess Hilsondis, the wife of Ansfried, donates her properties, including Baarle, to the abbey of Thorn in the Dutch province of Limburg. |
 | | At the end of the 12th century, Godfried of Schoten, the Lord (Sieur, Seigneur) of Breda, owned Breda Castle and the territory around the castle extending to the east and north. |
 | | In the 12th century Baarle is located in a rather peripheral region in which none of the regional counts (of Holland, Louvain/Brabant, Gelre) or bishops (Utrecht, Liège) enjoys a firm grip on the surrounding territory. |
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