Good bit of research, thanks for that!
So the stone is actually triangular. Pity it's not near me, otherwise I'd visit it straight away and
take a picture of the missing third side.
So this is a marker that has been there since 1659! And it's a former international tripoint.
Any other interesting stones in that book that can enter the 'oldest working border stone' contest?
Peter S.
Harry ten Veen wrote:
> I have found an answer on the question on the coat of arms in foto 1.
> My source is the book Grenspalen in Nederland, T. Brouwer, Zutphen
> 1978.
>
> I will do my best to give a good translation.
>
> Christoph Bernard, Freiherr von Galen (1606-1678) who became
> monarch/bishop of Munster in 1650, ordered in 1659 the erection of 87
> stones on the border between
> Munster and Overijssel/Gelre.
>
> On the tripoint Overijssel-Munster-Bentheim stood a triangular stone.
> See foto 1 and 2.
>
> On the first side, no foto present !?, is the coat of arms of
> Bentheim and 1659.
> In 1824 a "H" was carved when Hannover was formed.
> The second side, is foto 2, shows the coat of arms of Overijssel,
> 1659 and the number "N = 87".
> The third side, foto 1, shows the coat of arms of the bishop of
> Munster, his initials CBEM and 1659.
> CBEM = Christoph Bernard Episcopus Monasteriensis.
> The coat of arms has three ducks of his predesessor Strömberg; three
> balls of him being Heer van Borculo; the horizontal
> bar of Munster and an hartshaped shield, showing three barbs, of the
> family Von Galen.
>
> gl
> Harry ten Veen
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