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The Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium is celebrated on November 15 each year. It is a public holiday for the German-speaking Community of Belgium but it is not celebrated elsewhere in Belgium. The equivalents of the other communities are the Day of the Flemish Community (July 11) and the Day of the French-speaking Community (September 27). The ceremony coincides with the King's Feast. == History == The German-speaking Community measures over 853 km2 in the Belgian region of Wallonia, and is made up of two territories consisting of nine municipalities. This territory roughly covers the formerly Prussian districts (''Kantone'') of Eupen, Malmedy and Sankt Vith (Saint-Vith). The East Cantons were part of the Rhine Province of Prussia until 1920, but were annexed by Belgium following Germany's defeat in World War I and the subsequent Treaty of Versailles. Today Malmédy is not part of the German-speaking Community.〔(History of the German-speaking Community )〕 In 1989, there was a call for proposals for a flag and arms of the Community. In the end the coat of arms of the Community was designed by merging the arms of the Duchy of Limburg and the Duchy of Luxembourg, to which the two parts of the community belonged before Belgian independence. A decree adopted on October 1, 1990 and published on November 15, 1990 prescribed the arms, the flag, the colours and the Community day, which was to be celebrated on November 15.〔(Coat of Arms and Flag of the German-speaking Community )〕 Here is an English extract of the original version of the decree:
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