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The area between the Göhl and Our rivers was first settled by the Celts. After the Romans conquered the area on the left bank of the Rhine, the mountain ranges of the Eifel and Ardennes became a peripheral and transit region, far from the urban centres. It was not until the time of the Carolingians that the region was brought closer to the new centres of trade and power. Monasteries, palaces, villages, and castles were built here until the late Middle Ages.

The power structures, mentalities, linguistic habits, and invisible borders that still characterise the area and the way people live together today were gradually developed in lively contact with the historic surroundings.