Hello, I’m a foreigner and I would like to ask about the Czech port in Germany called [Moldauhafen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldauhafen).

Basically in 1929 Czechoslovakia acquired a port in Hamburg, Germany on a 99-year lease because of the Treaty of Versailles. It is set to expire in 2028.

My question is that when Czechoslovakia split in 1992, all ownership rights of the port were given to Czechia, and it was not shared between Czechia and Slovakia. Is there any specific reason for this?

5 comments

  1. I don’t’ know, if there was specific reason or not. Sources state that Slovakia lost their right to use the port as the result of the division of the republics.

    Maybe it’s because Moldauhafen was under the administration of the city of Prague, maybe because the port is located on the Elbe River, which connects it to the Czech Republic, but not to Slovakia.

    Maybe because it was Slovakia who asked for the division of the republics and it is possible that the right to use the port was one of the conditions for negotiation by the Czech Republic.

  2. > Is there any specific reason for this?

    [River Labe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe) flows from Bohemia to the West, through Hamburg.

    Slovakia is to the East of Bohemia, with Moravia in between.

    I.e. there is no practical utility for it for Slovaks. Slovak get sea access through Danube, Czechs through Labe where Moldauhafen is situated.

  3. We stole many things from Slovakia like flag, hockey division A spot, UEFA coefficient…this is just one more thing

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