lakewood or
day 170 something
thanx bernhard
you are a big help even when you only help a little
& this is just to let you all know that all is well
never even reached the last pair of bridges
but thanx for being here in high german country
a retry of donner & blitzen should be made with a more reliable weather
report
4wheel drive
& a radiator that can stand very slo travel
also a cell phone might be better than just a phone card
come to think of it
full report on both d&b & ors to follow
m
>From: Bernhard Lurssen <tardis@...-net.de>
>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] West Berlin NOT an exclave/enclave?
>Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 11:23:35 +0100
>
>Hello,
>
>It is correct that the three Western sectors of Greater Berlin were not an
>integral part of the FRG at any time (prior to 3. Oct 1990). Their highest
>Authority were the sector commanders of USA, UK and France. The same goes
>for
>East Berlin which never was an integral part of the GDR. That's why the
>boundaries of Greater Berlin were not allowed to be enlarged on the Eastern
>side to allow for newly developed parts of the agglomeration to be included
>in the East Berlin territory.
>
>Laws passed in Bonn/FRG were not automatically applicable in West Berlin.
>They had to include a specific Article stipulating that the law also was
>also
>valid in West Berlin.
>
>So, legally, Greater Berlin consisted of four "colonies". One the Soviet
>Union allowed to be governed by the GDR (unless they didn't like a
>particular
>law or so). The other three sectors, the Western powers allowed to govern
>themselves by a Senate for all three, and to cooperate closely with the
>FRG.
>
>Inhabitants of West Berlin were never subjected to Armed Forces
>conscription
>as the FRG male population was. They had special green West Berlin id
>cards,
>whereas FRG had grey ones.
>
>Hope these paragraphs help a little.
>
>Bernhard
>
>
>
>anton_zeilinger@... wrote:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > a german friend of mine once told me that technically speaking West
> > Berlin was NOT an exclave of the FRG in the GDR, as it was not West
> > German territory. According to him, it was politically speaking part
> > of the GDR, only administered by the western allies.
> >
> > This notion is supported by the fact that up to the building of the
> > Berlin wall there was a joint administration of the city.
> >
> > Can anyone prove/disprove this claim?
> >
> > thx,
> > Anton Z.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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