Büsingen am Hochrhein

E20788

German exclave enclave within Switzerland municipality

Büsingen am Hochrhein is a unique German exclave entirely surrounded by Switzerland, known for its special legal and economic status within the Swiss customs area.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German exclave → enclave within Switzerland → municipality →
administrativeRegion	Freiburg (Regierungsbezirk) →
alsoServedByPostalCodeSystem	Swiss postal codes of surrounding area →
areaTotal	7.62 square kilometres →
belongsTo	Protestant Church in Baden → Roman Catholic Diocese of Freiburg →
country	Germany →
currencyInUse	Swiss franc → euro →
customsStatus	part of Swiss customs area →
dialingCode	07734 →
distanceTo	approximately 6 km east of Schaffhausen city centre →
district	Konstanz (district) →
elevation	395 metres →
federalState	Baden-Württemberg →
governedBy	municipal council of Büsingen am Hochrhein →
hasBorderControl	no routine controls within Schengen →
hasExclaveStatusSince	17th century →
hasSpecialLegalStatus	true →
hasSpecialTaxArrangements	true →
hasUniqueStatusInGermany	only German municipality entirely surrounded by Switzerland →
hasUniqueStatusInSwitzerland	only foreign municipality within Swiss customs area on the Rhine →
ISO3166-2	DE-BW →
localDialect	Alemannic German →
locatedEastOf	Schaffhausen →
locatedIn	Upper Rhine region →
locatedOn	High Rhine →
locatedWestOf	Gailingen am Hochrhein →
mayorTitle	Bürgermeister →
neighboringCanton	Schaffhausen →
neighboringCountry	Switzerland →
neighboringMunicipality	Dörflingen → Gailingen am Hochrhein → Schaffhausen →
notPartOf	EU customs territory →
officialLanguage	German →
partOf	European Union (politically) →
postalCode	78266 →
postalCodeSystem	German postal code 78266 →
surroundedBy	Switzerland →
timeZone	CET →
timeZoneDST	CEST →
uses	Schengen Agreement rules →
usesSwissPostalSystem	true →
vehicleRegistrationCode	KN →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
CHF → Swiss franc →	legalTenderIn
Büsingen am Hochrhein customs enclave context →	appliesTo
CHF →	currencyOf
France–Switzerland border →	nearEnclave
Swiss franc →	usedIn