--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., peter.smaardijk@a... wrote:
> It looks like you're right. I have a 1:20k map here of the Vianden
> area, and the points where the border leaves the river Our are at
> boundary marker 47 (north of Vianden) and boundary marker 19 (south
of
> Vianden). These boundary markers are likely to be pairs, one on each
> bank. Moreover, because of the large width of the river north of
> Vianden (it is the Bassin Inferieur lake formed by the river dam at
> Vianden), the boundaries are clearly depicted as following both
banks,
> thus leaving the condominium in the middle. I find it strange
> (although understandable) that the border obviously changed, because
> the lake certainly wasn't there in 1815, and the borders are
following
> the lake shore lines. This is unlike the US example (I believe it
was
> in Tennessee) mentioned in this group a couple of days ago.
Normally,
> a boundary stays the same, even if a river changes its course,
unless
> a new boundary is negotiated. Perhaps that's what has been happening
> in Vianden.
..... this new border agreement is most probably that of 1984, as
reported by Peter H. way back in msg. 1263!
Peter S.