i realize you are only joking wolfgang thank goodness
but all misuse is self misuse
& we do recognize & solve puzzles ok
but problems belong somewhere else
however
this does look like a rather choice morsel you are presenting
& i am frankly rather stunned you have stumped our panel of experts
on it for over 26 hours now
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Wolfgang Schaub"
<Wolfgang.Schaub@c...> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> it appears to me I "misuse" you in the attempt to solve all my
problems.
>
> Here I have a new question: look at www.freistaat-flaschenhals.de
and you
> will find a short (German) description of the fantasy "Free State
> Bottleneck" that "existed" 1919 - 1923 as the result of the
Versailles
> treaty after WWI.
>
> All Germany left of the Rhine was occupied by French and American
forces; a
> zone of 50 km right of the Rhine was to be de-militarized.
Bridgeheads were
> formed opposite of Koblenz and Mainz, and in circles of 30 km
around Koblenz
> and Mainz the areas within the circles were occupied by the American
> (Koblenz) and French armies (Mainz), respectively.
>
> Both circles touched each other at the village of Laufenselden as
shown in
> the appended sketch.
>
> This left a considerable area in "the limbo" between the Rhine, the
two
> circles and Laufenselden. This area could not be reached anymore
from the
> remaining Germany without permission of the American or French army.
>
> In an anarchic move the then mayor created the "Free State" and
called it
> "Flaschenhals" = Bottleneck. Like all towns and cities in Germany
in the
> ensuing inflation and paper money scarcity period it issued its own
paper
> money and coins.
>
> So far the history. Now my question:
>
> Did the circles REALLY touch each other at Laufenselden, or did
they even
> overlap, or did they only ALMOST touch each other? Does anyone have
a map
> where the circles are marked clearly?
>
> Thank you for all your efforts,
>
> Wolfgang