CIAO. Il fiume non farebbe una scelta più logica? Quella area a forma di dita apparteneva ad alcuni feudale che in seguito giurò fedeltà alla Confederazione?
E come sta la vita lì? C’è un accordo o qualcosa del genere? E dato che questo è Basilea-Landschaft, le persone parlano tedesco o francese in quella parte?
Grazie
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di ihatebeinganonymous
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Because, whatever…
If you look at it on a better map instead of being lazy, you would see that there’s not a single building there…
It‘s a piece of wood. The deer there speak Dutch for some reason.
Some guy probably gave it to the Bishopric of Basel in exchange for a few years less in purgatory. This is a humorous guess of course.
Go search for *Benkenspitz* and you will find a lot of ressources.
This is the Benkenspitz. Clear reasons for why the border runs like this, are not known.
[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benkenspitz](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benkenspitz)
It’s a result of Switzerland’s municipal history and forest land ownership. Over time the surrounding areas became French and this forest parcel of land remained in the ownership of the Biel-Benken municipality.
The area was sold to Basel in the 1500s so this solidified its association with Basel and Switzerland. It’s been this way for over 400 years now according to earliest maps.
People speak German in this area though nobody lives near “benkenspitz”. It’s just a border crossing these days.
When Napoleon fell, these old frontiers were surveyed again and reaffirmed to restore peace and stability.
Wait until they learn about German [Büsingen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCsingen_am_Hochrhein) completely surrounded by Switzerland 😉
Interesting, I’ve never heard of this before