Parliament agreed

Liechtenstein and Austria redraw border line

The members of the Vorarlberg state parliament have unanimously approved a change to the border between Austria and Liechtenstein. This is the prerequisite for a corresponding state treaty, which will then regulate the new borders.

There was not a single request to speak on agenda item 2 "Constitutional law on an amendment to the constitutional law on the determination of the course of the national border with the Principality of Liechtenstein" at Wednesday's parliamentary session. All members of parliament voted in favor of the approximately 35-kilometer-long border being redefined in a state treaty. 

Border runs in a zigzag
The reason for the new border demarcation is the fact that Lake Egelsee, a retention pond that improves flood safety, was created between 2011 and 2013. The current boundary line now zigzags through the lake, following a former stream bed, making the course of the state border no longer recognizable.

By exchanging 240 square meters of land, it is possible to draw a clear boundary line again. In addition, the width of the strip of land to be kept clear along the state border will be reduced from ten to one meter.