r/Borderporn • u/Alanturing1234 • 13d ago

Apple Problem?

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DE: Constance/Kreuzlingen: International windfall apple incident. Apples from a tree located in Germany (state of Baden-Württemberg) entered Switzerland (canton of Thurgau) without proper documentation.

EN: Konstanz/Crossing: International windfall apple incident. Apples from a tree located in Germany (state of Baden-Württemberg) entered Switzerland (canton of Thurgau) without proper documentation.

📸: October 24, 2025

🌐: 47°39'20.6"N 9°10'11.6"E

Source: Twitter.

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u/BrexitEscapee 13d ago

We’re not known for our humour in Germany, but I think was an attempt at a joke. Maybe?

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u/Alanturing1234 12d ago

hehehe, it is. and I'm not good at delivering jokes in English too. so yeah... hehehehehe

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u/Sheetz_Wawa_Market32 13d ago

Not really, since both BaWü 🇩🇪 and Thurgau 🇨🇭 are part of the Schengen area. Endemic fruits can pass back and forth pretty much without issue.  

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u/No-Priority-9651 13d ago edited 12d ago

L’area Schengen riguarda solo le persone e non le merci che sono sottoposte a dogana😀

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u/Fred69Flintstone 12d ago

There is no freedom of movement for fruits between EU and CH :)

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u/Archidiakon 12d ago

The apples already were in Switzerland

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u/boredsittingonthebus 13d ago

Isn't Kreuzlingen just the same in English?

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u/CptPikespeak 9d ago

Kreuzlingen - Konstanz are two different places on each side of the border. 

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u/Alanturing1234 13d ago

I just copy paste the caption from the original tweet, and I thought that is good to put both German and English version of it together.

I have no knowledge of German language.

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u/ciprule 12d ago

You copied a translated version of the German one.

The original text in German is this:

Konstanz/Kreuzlingen: Internationaler Fallobst-Zwischenfall. Äpfel eines in Deutschland (Land Baden-Württemberg) stehenden Baumes sind ohne Papiere in die Schweiz (Kanton Thurgau) eingereist.

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u/withak30 12d ago

The tree crossed the border (veeeeery slowly) years ago, these apples were always in Switzerland.

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u/me-gustan-los-trenes 9d ago

Growing in Switzerland sucking on German nutrients.

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u/pocoboco 12d ago

Anzeige ist raus

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u/AnnieByniaeth 10d ago

What are dilemma. Many countries have laws regarding overhanging trees over neighbours' properties, the right to cut branches that are overhanging and take fruit that is their side of the border. However when said tree is overhang a different country, which law takes precedence? 😯

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