Subject: Re: border shifts thru built-up area
Date: Jan 05, 2003 @ 18:09
Author: acroorca2002 <orc@orcoast.com> ("acroorca2002 <orc@...>" <orc@...>)
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well i dont think we have discussed this exactly
but i would like to nominate berlin & fort smith for starters
& i think it will be a long & happy list

--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "kahbeh2000
<kahbeh@h...>" <kahbeh@h...> wrote:
> hello,
>
> I was wondering...
>
> Did we ever discuss towns/villages that used to be divided by
the
> border, but nowadays are not (anymore)?
>
> I'm thinking about the Polish town Wielen on Notec river in
> Wielkopolska which used to be divided into German Filehne
(D) /
> Polish Wielen (PL) until WWII, but nowadays is entirely in
Poland.
> There must be more of these town or areas in like Upper
Silesia or
> elsewhere.
>
> Like: the state frontier was at your door step and isn't anymore.
> (Could happen to Nicosia one day...)
>
> Do we have info on Polish Wielen?
>
> Regards
> Bernd