Gosh, I thought I was the only person interested in enclaves! (and
exclaves)... I'm fascinated by those bits of countries that arn't
where you expect. I know about the relatively obvious ones, Baarle
Hertog etc, having lived in Belgium. But thanks for giving info on
those German/Swiss oddities.
At the risk of putting the 'cat amongst the pigeons' here are the
scetchiest details I have on some other oddities I've heard about
over the years. They might not exist, but I'd love to know if any of
your experts know more.
1) A bit of Canada in Northern France. I believe it might be more
than just land given for a military cemetary after the first world
war. It's mentioned in a book that I don't have access to till next
week.
2) A Belgian island on a lake in Italy. When I was in Belgium someone
mentioned this oddity to me, seems like a church was put on an island
in Italy, but I know no more than that! Sounds mad I know!
3) A room in the Savoy? or some other hotel in London that is
Yugoslavian (as was). Evidently in order for a monarch to rule
Yugoslavia they must be born on Yugoslavian 'soil' so the British
gave a room to Yugoslavia when a prince was born.....sounds a bit
like an embassy kind of deal going on, but who knows?
4) The security/customs posts at the Channel Tunnel between France
and England. Each country has a bit of land in the other for security
checks.
I hope these are of interest, and if I'm totally out of order in
posting this please let me know! regards Michael