Hej Mats,

thanks for your most interesting info on DeLu!

Conc. possible condominiunms between Austria

and Germany: NO, not to my knowledge, never

heard of...- there are, however, some rivers (Salzach,

Inn) that form the border, so any islands in these

rivers could possibly be a condo... but I doubt it...
I'll be reading the "Grenzverträge" conc. this border

(I do have most of the Austrian border descriptions)

Regards - hilsen

Peter

-------Original Message-------

From: Mats Hessman

Date: Thursday, July 19, 2001 15:49:57

To: 'BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com'

Subject: [BoundaryPoint] DELU condo origins

Friends,

I have procured a copy of the "Grenzvermessung
Deutschland-Luxemburg" from the Landesvermessungsamt
of Rheinland-Pfalz.

I don't know if this is old news by now, but it
seems that the condominum stems from the Grenzvertrag
vom 26. Juni 1816 zwischen die Niederlande und Preussen.

The first paragraph of Article 27th says (my translation):

Everywhere where waterways constitute the border,
shall the waterway belong equally to both states,
unless otherwise is specifically stated.

In an interesting note (note 87, page 53) the condominium
situation is compared to other such situations, and the
border between Germany and Austria is mentioned.

Is there another condominium down there? Does anyone
know? Should we hunt for it?

Mats

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