Büsingen am Hochrhein

village of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, enclaved in the canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland

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Büsingen am Hochrhein is a small German village in Baden-Württemberg that is completely surrounded by Swiss territory in the canton of Schaffhausen, making it a geographical oddity. This unusual enclave situation creates distinctive legal and practical arrangements between Germany and Switzerland regarding trade, taxation, and daily life.

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Büsingen am Hochrhein

Büsingen am Hochrhein ( German: [ˈbyːzɪŋən ʔam ˈhoːxʁaɪn], lit. 'Büsingen on the High Rhine'; Alemannic: Büesinge am Hochrhi, pronounced [ˈbyəzɪŋə am ˈhoːçri]), often known simply as Büsingen, is a German municipality (7.62 km [2.94 sq mi]) in the south of Baden-Württemberg with a population of about 1,548 inhabitants. It is an exclave of Germany and Baden-Württemberg, and an enclave of Switzerland, entirely surrounded by the Swiss cantons of Schaffhausen, Zürich, and Thurgau. It is separated from the rest of Germany by a narrow strip of land (at its narrowest, about 680 m [2,230 ft] wide) containing the Swiss village of Dörflingen. Büsingen is approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) from the town of Schaffhausen and 3 km (1.9 mi) from Dörflingen, the nearest village. Its status as an exclave dates to before the formation of the modern German and Swiss states, having previously been a detached part of Further Austria, the Kingdom of Württemberg and the Grand Duchy of Baden.