Note also that it is a municipal exclave of Innerferrera.
Cf. http://www.innerferrera.ch/innerferrera/geschichte.html (mentions
a territory exchange with Italy in 1962/63 as the cause).
Peter S.

--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "chris schulz" <23568@g...>
wrote:

> Thats right,
>
> as i know its result of special interests of switzerland.
> the shown situation is from val di lei.
> http://www.home.pages.at/maxifant/Frames/val-di-lei.htm (german)
> when the wall had been build, switzerland wanted to save this wall

by itself,

> because in the case the wall would be hit (by a bomb or whatever)

all the water would come to the val di Avers in Switzerland.

> so now switzerland can save the wall with own guns,...
>
> regards, chris
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Artur Kroc
> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:07 PM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Strange section chit border
>
>
> This section looks strange - like african borders - like made by

ruler...

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