Plot of Land in Rotterdam Is a Major Puzzle for the Municipality: More than 100 Heirs

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A small plot of land in Rotterdam-South presents the municipality with an enormous challenge. Rotterdam would like to build houses on that site, but this is not possible as long as it remains unclear who owns the plot. For a long time, the identities of the heirs were unknown. They are now known, but there are no fewer than 110 of them. The original owner of the 'forgotten' plot on the Hilledijk is Willemina Fokkelina Meppelder. She was born in …

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At first they were untraceable, but now there are no fewer than 110 heirs. A small piece of land in the Tweebosbuurt in Rotterdam-South turns out to still belong to Grandma Schaaij – alias Wilhelmina Fokkolina Meppelder, born in 1852 and deceased in 1955, at the age of 102. No one knew anything about the land until the municipality wanted to build new homes there.