Verenahof
thumb|"Verenahof" is now a street name within the town of Büttenhardt in Switzerland Verenahof (also known as Büttenharter Hof or Verenahöfe), nowadays part of the Swiss town of Büttenhardt, was a German exclave in Switzerland, administratively part of the German town of Wiechs am Randen (which is now part of the town of Tengen). Geographically, it was separated from Wiechs am Randen by a strip of Swiss territory. It was absorbed into Switzerland in 1967 after diplomatic negotiations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland.
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- Locality
- Büttenhardt
- Region
- Schaffhausen
- Country
- Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
- Population
- 350
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thumb|"Verenahof" is now a street name within the town of Büttenhardt in Switzerland Verenahof (also known as Büttenharter Hof or Verenahöfe), nowadays part of the Swiss town of Büttenhardt, was a German exclave in Switzerland, administratively part of the German town of Wiechs am Randen (which is now part of the town of Tengen). Geographically, it was separated from Wiechs am Randen by a strip of Swiss territory. It was absorbed into Switzerland in 1967 after diplomatic negotiations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland.
==History== thumb|Map showing the enclave of Verenahof In 1522, Emperor Charles V and his brother Archduke Ferdinand of Austria purchased Verenahof along with other territories in the vicinity (Tengen, Kommingen, Wiechs am Randen) from Count , who expressly wished not to sell these possessions to the Swiss Canton of Schaffhausen.
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