Thursday, May 8, 2008

Visitors prefer banks in secluded valley

Visitors prefer banks in secluded valley

By Haig Simonian in the Kleinwalsertal, Austria

Published: May 8 2008 04:20 | Last updated: May 8 2008 04:20

Only a modest red-and-white national flag distinguishes the seamless border for visitors from Germany to the Kleinwalsertal, a picturesque blind valley nestling amid Austria’s western Alps.

That informality reflects the fact that, for more than 100 years, the narrow valley in the Vorarlberg region has enjoyed special status under an unusual deal between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the German Reich.

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