Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] A former tripoint: chdefr
Date: Mar 10, 2001 @ 23:47
Author: michael donner (michael donner <m@...>)
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very nice
a paleochdefr

i think the number of extant ghost tripoint monuments must be rather small
since they appear to invite confusion & irredentism


it also reminds me
can this other alsatian rock be placed &or dated as a boundary monument
http://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/tourisme/bitche/breintenstein.htm

m


>
>When the Alsace was still part of Germany, the tripoint between
>Switzerland, Germany, and France was near the village of Pfetterhouse
>(at that time probably called Pfetterhausen). The border marker,
>dating from 1890, is still there, according to this web site:
><http://www.multimania.com/pfetterhouse/village/village_borne.htm>
>http://www.multimania.com/pfetterhouse/village/village_borne.htm
>It says here that it replaced an old Habsburg border stone.
>
>Peter S.
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