State Treaty between the Cantons of Zurich and Schaffhausen concerning the Establishment of the Cantonal Border from Urwerf (right side) respectively Ziegler's Pottery Factory (left side) to Langwiesen

¹ The lower boundary of that stretch of the Rhine over which, according to a Federal Court judgment, sovereignty belongs entirely to the Canton of Schaffhausen, is formed by a perpendicular line to the centerline of the Rhine, originating from the right bank of the Rhine at Urwerf, i.e., at the entry of the Klusbach into the Rhine, thus at the border point of Klettgau and Höhgau, and terminating on the left bank at Ziegler's Pottery Factory.

² This line, designated with A, B, and C in the enclosed plan, both endpoints A and C of which are already marked by stones, forms the new cantonal border from the centerline B to the boundary stone C on the left bank.

From the aforementioned landmark C, the new cantonal boundary runs upstream along the Rhine according to the line C DEFG marked on the plan. From G to Langwiesen, point H (located in the extension of the Schaffhausen-Baden border near Büsingen), the left-bank Rhine shoreline, approved by the Government Council of the Canton of Zurich with resolutions of November 14, 1889, July 2, 1891, and May 21, 1897, and by the Government Council of the Canton of Schaffhausen with resolutions of December 24, 1889, July 7, 1892, and December 9, 1896, which until now only had the character of a building line, forms the cantonal boundary.

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113.1 Agreement concerning the Cantonal Boundary from Urwerf to Langwiesen

Those sections of the terrain that at the time of the contract's conclusion were still to be considered part of the river basin, which by this contract fall to the Canton of Zurich, lose the character of a river basin upon the conclusion of the contract. The possession of these areas, still covered by water at present, therefore means for the Canton of Zurich neither a sovereign right over the Rhine nor a water right to the Rhine, nor a right of objection regarding the use of the Rhine's water powers. These sections of the river basin shall also outwardly lose the character of a river basin by being filled in and converted into land area by the Canton of Zurich at a suitable time and opportunity.

This new boundary shall be demarcated by delegates of both contracting parties at joint expense, or secured by subsidiary markers.

The ordinary maintenance and protection of the left bank of the Rhine

from stretch C to G is incumbent upon the Canton of Schaffhausen, and

from stretch G to H upon the Canton of Zurich, i.e., in each canton,

upon those obligated thereto according to its laws.

**1 The territorial area which lies inland of the line G H and was previously under the sovereignty of the Canton of Schaffhausen shall pass into the sovereign rights of the Canton of Zurich.**

**2 The construction and maintenance of the Rhine bridge and its left-bank abutment near Feuerthalen shall continue to be entirely at the expense of the Canton of Schaffhausen.**

**3 Should the Canton of Schaffhausen wish to reconstruct or rebuild the left-bank abutment, the Canton of Zurich is at all times obliged:**

**1. to provide the Canton of Schaffhausen, free of charge, with the necessary public land and property for this purpose;**

**2. to grant the Canton of Schaffhausen the right of expropriation, insofar as the acquisition of private rights becomes necessary;**

**3. to construct a corresponding access road. The maintenance of the access road to the bridge shall be undertaken by the Canton of Zurich in accordance with its relevant legislation.**

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**1 OS 26, 311 and GS I, 29.**