Verenahof
Encyclopedia
Verenahof was a German
exclave
in Switzerland
, administratively part of the German town of Wiechs am Randen (now part of the town of Tengen
). Geographically, it was separated from Wiechs am Randen by a 200-300 metre broad strip of Swiss territory.
On 4 October 1967 the territory, consisting of just three houses and fewer than a dozen people, became part of Switzerland in exchange for a similar area of land transferred to West Germany. It now belongs to the Swiss municipality of Büttenhardt
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
exclave
Enclave and exclave
In political geography, an enclave is a territory whose geographical boundaries lie entirely within the boundaries of another territory.An exclave, on the other hand, is a territory legally or politically attached to another territory with which it is not physically contiguous.These are two...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, administratively part of the German town of Wiechs am Randen (now part of the town of Tengen
Tengen, Germany
Tengen is a town in the district of Konstanz, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated near the border with Switzerland, 14 km north of Schaffhausen....
). Geographically, it was separated from Wiechs am Randen by a 200-300 metre broad strip of Swiss territory.
On 4 October 1967 the territory, consisting of just three houses and fewer than a dozen people, became part of Switzerland in exchange for a similar area of land transferred to West Germany. It now belongs to the Swiss municipality of Büttenhardt
Büttenhardt
Büttenhardt is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.-Geography:Büttenhardt has an area, , of . Of this area, 48.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45.3% is forested. The rest of the land, is settled....
.