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### 1912

	
The then stationmaster Gustav Prömper - great-grandfather of today's operator - opened the railway line to Losheim.

		
[![1912 - History](/thumbnails/75427-500-400-Crop.jpg)](/files/75427.jpg "1912 - History")

				
[![1912 - History](/thumbnails/75426-500-400-Crop.jpg)](/files/75426.jpg "1912 - History")
		
### 1918-1920

	
After the Treaty of Versailles, Losheim becomes Belgian at first, but then becomes German again by a decision of the League of Nations in 1920.

		
[![1918-1920 - History](/thumbnails/75425-500-400-Crop.jpg)](/files/75425.jpg "1918-1920 - History")
		
### 1929

	
Purchase of the inn "To The Station" by the married couple Nikolaus and Anna Balter born Prömper

		
[![1929 - History](/thumbnails/75428-500-400-Crop.jpg)](/files/75428.jpg "1929 - History")
		
### 1944

	
Partial destruction by the 2nd World War In December 1944 Evacuation of the village and heavy damage of the place by the "Ardennes offensive"
		
### 1945/46

	
Reconstruction
		
### 1949

	
Losheim becomes Belgian

		
[![1949 - History](/thumbnails/75429-500-400-Crop.jpg)](/files/75429.jpg "1949 - History")
		
### 1953

	
The old inn "zum Bahnhof" is destroyed in a fire.
		
### 1954

	
Reconstruction of the hotel, with 18 rooms

		
[![1954 - History](/thumbnails/77103-500-400-Crop.jpg)](/files/77103.jpg "1954 - History")
		
### 1955

	
[![1955 - History](/thumbnails/77104-500-400-Crop.jpg)](/files/77104.jpg "1955 - History")
		
### 1958

	
Losheim becomes German again - Belgium has not yet recovered economically until today

		
[![1958 - History](/thumbnails/77105-500-400-Crop.jpg)](/files/77105.jpg "1958 - History")
		
### 1968

	
Marriage of Hermann-Josef Balter with Roswitha Schoos
		
### 1974

	
Takeover of the business by Hermann Josef Balter
		
### 1975

	
Construction of the Ardennes Border Market and the Furniture Gallery - sale of high quality Belgian oak furniture and cigarettes, coffee etc ..

		
[![1975 - History](/thumbnails/77106-500-400-Crop.jpg)](/files/77106.jpg "1975 - History")
		
### 1980

	
Steady enlargements of the Ardennes border market and the furniture gallery.
		
### 1986

	
Opening of the café "Old Smuggler"
		
### 1987

	
The term "Ardennes Center" is introduced.
		
### 1988

	
Laying of the foundation stone of the Krippana

		
[![1988 - History](/thumbnails/77107-500-400-Crop.jpg)](/files/77107.jpg "1988 - History")
		
### 1989

	
Opening of the Krippana

		
[![1989 - History](/thumbnails/77109-500-400-Crop.jpg)](/files/77109.jpg "1989 - History")

				
[![1989 - History](/thumbnails/77108-500-400-Crop.jpg)](/files/77108.jpg "1989 - History")
		
### 1993

	
Last custom's check in Losheim.
		
### 1997

	
Opening of EURO TECNICA in the former customs office of Losheim, at that time the largest fully digitally controlled model railway facility in Europe.

		
[![1997 - History](/thumbnails/77110-500-400-Crop.jpg)](/files/77110.jpg "1997 - History")
		
### 2001

	
Restructuring and extension of the Ardennes border market to become AD DELHAIZE LOSHEIM
		
### 2003

	
Handover of the various business units to the sons Guido and Michael. Guido Balter takes over the responsibilities of "Euro Tecnica", Michael Balter is responsible for the exhibition "KRIPPANA"
		
### 2005

	
Extension of the exhibition "EURO TECNICA" with various special exhibitions. Restructuring of the exhibition "KRIPPANA". Michael Balter opens the "Doll Dream Land" as a new visitor magnet. The sales room is enlarged adequately.
		
### 2006

	
Due to the variety and high quality of the offer, the facility - named after the motto "to marvel at the art" - is renamed "Ardenner Cultur Boulevard". Broken down in "Ars Ardenn" with the exhibitions "ArsKRIPPANA", "ArsFIGURA","ArsTECNICA" and the " Ardenner Center" with its offers for shopping and feasting.
		
### 2012

	
Directly opposite the ArsKrippana opens a new art gallery its doors - ArsArdenn

		
[![2012 - History](/thumbnails/77111-500-400-Crop.jpg)](/files/77111.jpg "2012 - History")
		
### 2018

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