Subject: Smallest cantonal enclave in Switzerland<br/>
Date: Mar 08, 2001 @ 18:08<br/>
Author: peter.smaardijk@and.com (peter.smaardijk@...)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1528597846">Or at least, that&#39;s what it says in <br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.rva.ch/archiv/990721.html">http://www.rva.ch/archiv/990721.html</a> . It is the monastery <br/>
Grimmenstein, which is an enclave of Appenzell-Innerrhoden within <br/>
Appenzell-Ausserrhoden. The surface is 2800 sq. m. The enclave was <br/>
formed as a result of the reformation, when protestant and catholic <br/>
Swiss got rather unpleasant towards each other, and lots of cantonal <br/>
boundaries were formed. The Federal Parliament made the monastery an <br/>
enclave in 1870.<br/>
<br/>
If we are going to discuss secundary level-enclaves (i.e. provinces <br/>
etc.), then Switzerland is a good country. It is absolutely enclave-<br/>
ridden.<br/>
<br/>
But we were already discussing these in the U.S. So why not in <br/>
Europe...<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.</div>