My understanding of this is that Belgium wanted the railway and all land in
between. Germany didn't want to give up any land. After long arguments and
discussions, Belgium got the railway and uninhabited land, i the forests.
Germany got left with the inhabited land, ie the farms, agricultural land
and farmhouses west of the railway.
The forests going to Belgium were partly in compensation for the Belgian
forests the Germans destroyed during the war.
Thus the enclaves today are basically farms land and hamlets. The single
house owned by Mr Call was presumably the same thing: a small farm: house
and several fields. Perhaps the owner had more fields on the other side of
the railway in 1920. You need to look at German 1:25,000 maps for c.1920 to
check where the forests etc came to at that time.
If the agreement was to leave habitations to Germany and uninhabited land
to Belgium, then this explains all 5 enclaves. But one would have to locate
the minutes of the negotiations to be sure. Are these in Brussels,
Versailles, Berlin, or London???
>Hello fans,
>
>This will be my last question for a while, and the most difficult:
>
>What is the reason for the Entenpfuhl enclave?
>
>Some of you will know it is the smallest of the Vennbahn enclaves, German
>little particles inside Belgium, separated from mainland Germany by the
>track of the Vennbahn. Entenpfuhl (Entepol) is the name of the land opposite
>the enclave, beyond the railway track. The enclave itself is called
>Rueckschlag.
>
>The history of the Vennbahn enclaves is described in the Internet in some
>detail. After WWII Belgium had pushed its borders a little eastwards into
>Germany, BUT: Why did they spare the Entenpfuhl enclave, some 100 x 150
>yards?
>
>What makes me suspicious is a house (the only house) placed in the enclave
>territory, and this has the address "Auf Aderich 33". Entering "Auf Aderich
>33" in Google produces the owner of the house:
>
>Dieter Call, Auf Aderich 33 - Am Venngarten - 52156 Konzen - Tel: 02472 - 21
>48 or 0173-5682325, Fax: 02472 - 2148, E-Mail: dietercall@...,
>Internet: www.dietercall.de
>
>Dieter does not respond to my mails, which is his good right to do.
>
>Before I call him directly, is there anybody amongst you who can explain why
>Entenpfuhl is an enclave and what does the house have to do with it?
>
>Wolfgang
>