Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Celebration time - Jungholz mystery solved (I hope...)<br/>
Date: Nov 14, 2000 @ 21:04<br/>
Author: David Mark (David Mark &lt;dmark@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-905107716">This agrees with my Austrian informant Andrew Frank of the Technical<br/>
University of Vienna, so I think we have a result.  The Jungholz region<br/>
touches the remainder of Austria exactly and only at one point.<br/>
<br/>
But I think there is still a semantic issue here: Is a region that touches<br/>
at one point a true EXCLAVE, or does exclave status require no touching at<br/>
all?  Or is it a semi-exclave?  In technical terminology in GIS, regions<br/>
that touch at a point (such as Colorado-Arizona) are sometimes refered to<br/>
as &quot;half neighbors&quot;.<br/>
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Second, is this unique in the world, or are there other semi-exclaves?<br/>
<br/>
David<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Peter & Marianne Hering wrote:<br/>
<br/>
&gt; This is the fact:  Jungholz is an enclave, because on top of the<br/>
&gt; mountain &quot;Sorgschrofen&quot; the boundary lines of Germany meet<br/>
&gt; with the Austrian lines in one point ! The actual point is carved into<br/>
&gt; the rock ...! </span></blockquote></div>