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Timeline
60.000 BC
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 's-Hertogenrode, along with Rode Castle, Rolduc Abbey and Baalsbrugger watermill, under the control of successive powers (Brabant, Hapsburg, Burgundy, Spain and the Netherlands)
1795 - 1815
French occupation
1815
Congress of Vienna: Land of Rode divided into two along the Nieuwstraat/Neustrasse, with Rolduc Abbey and Baalsbrugger watermill now in Kerkrade (the Netherlands) and Rode Castle in Herzogenrath (Prussia).
1914 - 1945
In the wake of both 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/Dusseldorf
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)
1995
May:
Opening of new road layout on Nieuwstraat/Neustraße and Signing of agreement for internationalisation of education
October:
Commencement of bilingual Babel project in two primary schools each in Kerkrade and Herzogenrath respectively
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 office
December:
First Eurode medal of honour awarded to Thijs Wöltgens
2001
April:
Signing of cross-border policing agreement
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)
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
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
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
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
- Herzogenrath railway station becomes EURODE-Bahnhof
- Martin Buber plaque awarded to Liesje and Hugo Tempelman
2010
Martin Buber plaque awarded to Her Royal Highness 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
2012
- Martin Buber plaque awarded to Gary Kasparov
- Opening Borderinformationpoint
2013
- sixth Eurode Medal of Honor to Mr. Christiaan Melle Kuikman
- Martin Buber plaque to Hans-Dietrich Genscher
- Martin Buber plaque to Hans-Dietrich Genscher
2014
Martin Buber Plaque to Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden
2015
Martin Buber plaque to Thomas Quasthoff
2016
Martin Buber Plaque to Klaus Johannis (President of Romania)
2017
- seventh Eurode Medal of Honor to Prof. Prof. h.c. Dr. Dr. Werner Heinrich Janssen M.A.
- Martin Buber Plaque to Father Shay Cullen
- Martin Buber Plaque to Father Shay Cullen
2018
- eighth Eurode Medal of Honor to Mr. Jos Som
- Martin Buber plaque to Paul van Vliet
2019
Martin Buber plaque to Andreas van Agt
2021
August:
Ninth Eurode Medal of Honor to Mr. Christoph von den Driesch.
November:
Opening of the Eurode Friendship Meadow