The recent discussion of a border marker on the
CH-bank at ATCHLIN made me take a second look at the
situation at Buesingen, which is similar in that the
southern border of the exclave coincides with the
thalweg of, as it were, the same river as at ATCHLIN.

On the attachment you will notice that marker number 2
of the Buesingen border is on the north bank of the
river Rhine. Actually it sits in the middle of the
lawn of a private garden, a fact that could no doubt
spawn another interesting discussion here on the
subject of privately "owned" border segments... :)

Note marker 1A on the south bank of the river. This is
clearly intended to establish the border's trajectory
from the shore to the thalweg.

However, the thalweg principle is disputable here,
since there is a marker 1 more or less in the middle
of the river. Allegedly, this is a large block of rock
with an inscription on the flatish top face, which is
submerged a meter or so at low water table. Here is
food for another discussion on submerged or
underground bordermarkers, I suppose. (I know of at
least one other marker that is completely under the
surface of the earth, and a handful or so whose upper
face aligns with the ground.)

M

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