Are you guys annoyed by this border anomaly?

Posted by ThisDuckIsOnFire555@reddit | askhungary | View on Reddit | 22 comments

I know I would be. Why doesn't it follow the river?

Question coming from Croatia, the land of border anomalies.

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ExternalInflation133@reddit

This "border" cuts through pure Hungarian areas so yes, we are bothered by that crap border that in 1920 noone cared about actual ethnic borders.

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Itajka@reddit

If this is a genuine question and you don’t know the background, then you inadvertently opened multiple cans of worms 😂

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Content_Contract_420@reddit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab%C4%8D%C3%ADkovo%E2%80%93Nagymaros_Dams

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The answer is simple, the border is older than the river. The Bős powerplant (often referenced locally as "New Danube") was built during the second half of the 20th century, that's what you are seeing as the thick river on the map.

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rustyxy@reddit

Because they built a power plant and diverted the river.

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furkosbot@reddit

Sovaks yoinked the land, and after a while the river too.

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LatkaXtreme@reddit

Not really annoyed, but for some reason it hurts! Ah, it hurts so much! Jesus, ah!

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Monsieur_le_Katze@reddit

Horny Bar has a funny name, should be definitely in Hungary. We only have places like

- Pronóapáti (Pornó = Porn)

- Bugyi (Panties)

- Heréd (Your testicles)

- Csesznek (They don't give a toss)

We should talk to Slovakia, maybe they are interested in exchanging territory.

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Extension-Weird-7784@reddit

The border follows the river actually. What you see, is a channel, built by Hungary and Slovakia together, as a hydroelectric power plant project. Thankfully, it wasnt built completely, and it was abandoned for good.

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Infinite_Ad_6443@reddit

Why doesn't it follow the river?

It does.

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