2011-06-13 47 8
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Contents
Location
Büsingen am Hochrhein is a German exclave, a German village but completely surrounded by Switzerland.
Participants
- Ekorren tries to get there, ETA about 9:15-9:30
- TheOneRing - by public transport
Expedition
TheOneRing
I decided at quite short notice, but I didn't want to miss the opportunity to visit this point. Unfortunately I didn't check this site before, otherwise I could have coordinated with Ekorren.
I left Berne around 11 o'clock and arrived at Herblingen near the geohash at 1 o'clock. Then there were only 1.5 km to walk, which was good, because the weather didn't look very promising. After a while I reached the Swiss-German border, which didn't look like a border at all. There was only a sign which marked the border line.
The geohash itself was quite easy to reach, it was in a forest but near the trail. I took the usual photographs and walked then back to the train station. Sometimes it rained a little bit, sometimes the Sun was shining. Confusing, I didn't know what to wear: a jacket or even take my pullover off.
There was a little bit of time while changing trains, so I walk through Schaffhausen and then got back to Berne. All in all it was very nice.
Gallery
TheOneRing
Swiss-German border, nothing but a sign
Proof that I reached the right coordinates...
...on the right date
My boots marks the geohash
View SE,...
... NW,...
... and NE from the geohash
Back to Switzerland
The train station of Herblingen (unfortunately with a graffito)
Panoramic view of the river Rhine in Schaffhausen
