The regulation of the Morava river bed WAS followed by a boundary
change, according to
http://www.cuni.cz/carolina/archive-en/Carolina-E-No-102.txt.en (2nd
item).
Peter S.
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Peter Hering" <hering@m...> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> conc. this Tp AtCzSk there's a mystery to
> be solved:
> 1- my touristic map of Hohenau/March,
> scale 1:10.000 indicates the proper con-
> fluence of rivers March/Morava and
> Thaya/Dyje as the actual tp. - whilst
> 2- my Austrian topomap 1:25.000 indicates
> that the tp is at the point where the old
> March riverbed meets the Thaya...!
> My topomap clearly shows the remains
> of the old March riverbed forming the
> border between Sk and Cz - at the whole
> length of the river...!
> Both maps are quite up-to-date: the touristic
> map dates 2000, while the topomap is based
> on the Slovakian 1:25k dating 1988-1993 and
> the Czech equivalent dating back 1992-94!
> I actually phoned the mayor's office in Hohenau
> where they confirmed their own touristic map,
> wondering how I could possibly doubt their new
> map... well:
> my theory: I'm quite sure that previously this
> boundary line had a purely administrative charac-
> ter between the two parts of Czechoslovakia..
> anyhow, when they divorced in '92, they must
> have reached some kind of agreement, letting
> the actual riverbed of the March/Morava forming
> the boundary line (otherwise they'd end up with
> some parts of their national territory unaccess-
> ible from the mainland ...!)
> can anyone confirm this theory...?!?
> PS: This tp will be number two on our GCEBE!!
> Regards from Denmark!
> Peter H.