Jestetten is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

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History

In 1806 Jestetten became part of

Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden is ...

From 1840 until 1935, the territory of Jestetten together with Altenburg,

Lottstetten Lottstetten is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. History In 1806 Lottstetten became part of Baden. From 1840 until 1935, the territory of Lottstetten together with Altenburg, Jestetten and what was th ...

and what was then Dettighofen, was part of the region which formed a customs exclusion zone and was not part of the German customs area. Inhabitants were able to offer their produce to the rest of Germany as well as to Switzerland. This situation brought about a higher standard of living and prosperity compared to the rest of Germany. Jestetten in WT

Geography

The border crossing into Switzerland is located to the east of town along Schaffhauserstraße leading to

Neuhausen am Rheinfall Neuhausen am Rheinfall (sometimes abbrv. as Neuhausen a. Rhf., called Neuhausen until 1938) is a town and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. The town is close to the Rhine Falls, a tourist attraction and mainland Europe ...

. Another border crossing in the municipality is located south west of town along Osterfingerstraße, towards the villager of Osterfingen in

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municipality,

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canton.

Transport

Jestetten railway station Jestetten is a railway station in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and municipality of Jestetten. Special situation Despite its location in Germany, the station is located on the Eglisau to Neuhausen line of the Swiss Federal Railway (SB ...

is situated on the

Swiss Federal Railway Swiss Federal Railways (german: link=no, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, ''SBB''; french: link=no, Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, ''CFF''; it, Ferrovie federali svizzere, ''FFS'') is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is usuall ...

's cross-border Eglisau-Neuhausen railway line and is served by Zurich S-Bahn line S9. Jestetten is one of only two Swiss operated stations located entirely within Germany, the other being

. Until December 2010 a third station was stil in operation, namely Altenburg-Rheinau, located in

Altenburg Altenburg () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region betw ...

, part of Jestetten, close to the border with

, Switzerland, however despite protests from the German authorities, the station was closed by the Swiss due to low passenger numbers. None of the lines running to or through Jestetten have a direct rail connection to the German railway network. The station is a border station and as such is in local transport tariff zones in both Germany and Switzerland. Trains which pass through Jestetten without stopping at any of the stations on the line in Germany, are not subject to any customs formalities or restrictions of either country, despite the train and its passengers technically leaving the

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, entering the European Union customs area and entering Swiss customs territory again. An agreement in this respect was entered into by the two countries and became law in 1936.https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/52/83_83_711/19851007/de/pdf-a/fedlex-data-admin-ch-eli-cc-52-83_83_711-19851007-de-pdf-a.pdf 2006-10-30 10-25-34 Switzerland Zurich Andelfingen

2006-10-30 10-25-34 Switzerland Zurich Andelfingen

References

Waldshut (district) Baden Germany–Switzerland border crossings {{Waldshut-geo-stub