Editing Lake Constance (section)

=== International borders ===
[[File:Lac de constance.jpg|thumb|Lake Constance, seen from a vineyard]]
The lake lies where the countries of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland meet.<ref name="Kramsch">{{cite book |last=Kramsch |first=Olivier Thomas |editor1-last=Brunet-Jailly |editor1-first=E. |title=Border Disputes: A Global Encyclopedia, Volume 2 |date=2015 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-61-069024-9 |page=453 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k9g5CgAAQBAJ&q=%22lake+constance%22 |chapter=Austria-Germany-Switzerland: Lake Constance (Konstanz)}}</ref> Beyond areas less than {{cvt|25|m}} deep, considered to be under the jurisdiction of the nearest country, there is no legally binding agreement as to where the borders lie between the three countries.{{r|Kramsch}}<ref name="Kahn 2004">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V01T5VI4nZ4C&pg=PA233 |title=Die deutschen Staatsgrenzen: rechtshistorische Grundlagen und offene Rechtsfragen ("The German national borders: legal-historical foundations and open legal questions") |author=Kahn, Daniel-Erasmus |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-3-16-148403-2}}</ref> However, Switzerland holds the view that the border runs through the middle of the lake, Austria is of the opinion that the contentious area belongs to all the states on its banks, which is known as a "[[condominium (international law)|condominium]]", and Germany holds an ambiguous opinion.{{r|Kramsch}}<ref>Jennings, Ken (16 June 2014) [http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2014-06-16/lake-constance-maphead "The Borderless Black Hole in the Middle of Europe"] ''[[Conde Nast Traveler]]''</ref> Legal questions pertaining to ship transport and fishing are regulated in separate treaties.

Disputes occasionally arise. One concerns a [[houseboat]] which was moored in two states ([[European Court of Justice|ECJ]] c. 224/97 Erich Ciola); another concerns the rights to fish in the Bay of Bregenz. In relation to the latter, an Austrian family was of the opinion that it alone had the right to fish in broad portions of the bay. However, this was accepted neither by the Austrian courts nor by the organs and courts of the other states.<ref>Mark, David and Smith, Barry, et al., [http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith//baarle/bizarre_shapes.htm "Bizarre Shapes: 100 Geographic Monsters"]</ref>