Re: the bridge and land under it at Steinstuecken, the Allied
Kommandatura issued its concurrence with the agreement between the
Berlin Senate and the GDR/DDR on 3 June 1972. The treaty text is
attached to the concurrence document. It states that territory
which comes to be part of West Berlin at Steinstueken is: "ein
gebietsstreifen entlang der Eisenbahnstrecke Seddin - Berlin (west)...
sowie die von diesem Gebietstreifen vor Steinstuecken nach Westen
abzweigende Strasse bis zur westlichen Strassengrenze der Teltower
Strasse in der Breite der Fahrbahn von ca. 3 meter EINSCHLIESSLICH DER
BRUECKE als Zugaenge nach Steinstuecken.... ca 2.3 hectares"

(Summary Translation: what is added to West Berlin is a strip of land
along the Berlin - Seddin railway and the street branching to the west
of this strip to the western border of Teltower Str. in a width of
approximately 3 meters, including the bridge as access routes to
Steinstuecken.)

In short, the bridge and road are mentioned as transferring, but
nothing about the underlying railbed. There is no shortening of the
east German territory on which the track lies south of the bridge
mentioned in the treaty. Attached to the treaty is the map I posted,
but it doesn't answer the question about the territory occupied by
the railbed.

It's often been said that borders are the only thing that can go for
two thousand miles or more and never move - maybe they don't move up
and down, either. What if they had found oil under the bridge?

Regards

LN

This is a classic case of leaving out of the treaty the detail as to
which entity the ground under the bridge belongs.

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