Boundary marker 263
Where? B-6662 Tavigny
After following the border line between Luxembourg and Belgium, milestone 263 marks your entry into Belgium. It is one of 287 cast-iron milestones bearing witness to the division of the territories in 1839.
The border between Belgium and Luxembourg is the 148-kilometre border separating Belgium and Luxembourg. It is one of the internal borders of the Schengen area.
It starts at the point where the borders of Belgium, Luxembourg and France meet (located in the respective municipalities of Aubange, Pétange and Mont-Saint-Martin) and ends at the point where the borders of Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany meet, located in the respective municipalities of Burg-Reuland, Clervaux and Sevenig.
This border is marked by 507 boundary stones, 286 of which are made of cast iron and bear a number and the coats of arms of both countries. In fact, there are 287 cast iron boundary stones, two of which bear the number 1, one for Belgium and the other for the Grand Duchy, separated by three metres. These boundary stones are recognisable by their pointed tops and are almost identical to those on the border between Belgium and the Netherlands. Many of the boundary stones are perforated by bullet, grenade and shell holes, evidence of the two world wars (particularly the Battle of the Bulge during the Second World War).
