Leopoldsburg

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Leopoldsburg (also called 't Kamp in the area) is a town in the municipality of the same name in the Belgian province of Limburg.
Leopoldsburg is best known for the Leopoldsburg barracks and the extensive training grounds of the Belgian army. These areas were established in 1835 as a defense against the Netherlands by King Leopold I.
From 1842 onwards, the citizens who lived in the camp were obliged to leave the camp grounds and were allowed to settle in a (checkerboard) allotment designed from the drawing board (around the initial location: cemetery (1835), church (1842), parsonage (1844). , post office (1844), school (1842) and shelter with inn. This allotment was given the name stated on the designs in 1842, namely Bourg (after the plan designer, Bourg from Bois-du-Luc, and it is often used in geographical names common suffix '-bourg'). In 1850, the first name of the first Belgian monarch was added for dynastic considerations and this new community was split from the municipality of Beverlo into its own municipality of Bourg-Léopold by law of 4 June 1850. The Dutchification became a fact on June 14, 1932 when the name Leopoldsburg was officially confirmed.
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Coordinates:   51°7'23"N   5°16'6"E