Subject: finally: Austrian boundary stones - Overslag
Date: Mar 25, 2001 @ 19:53
Author: Eef Berns ("Eef Berns" <eefberns@dds.nl>)
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It took a while but here they are: two pictures of Austrian border markers
near Overslag in the south-west of the Netherlands, taken in 1995.

vriendelijke groet, Eef Berns

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----- Original Message -----
From: <peter.smaardijk@and.com>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 7:05 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Austrian boundary stones - Overslag


> In that case... Just a little appetizer:
> http://www.euronet.nl/users/in005814/webfoto-groot/overslag-gr.jpg
>
> This is from my own little web site. It is in Overslag. You can see
> border markers nos. 298 and 299. Left is NL, right is BE.
>
> I wanted to make this picture, but all of a sudden this 2 h.p. vehicle
> turned around the corner.
>
> I didn't make any pictures of the Austrian border stone I saw. As I
> recall, it was a bit difficult to make a decent picture of it, as I
> would have to be standing in someones back garden to do it....
>
>
> Peter S.
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Peter Hering" <hering@m...> wrote:
> > Most fascinating to learn that there still exist
> > old boundary stones dating back to empress Maria Theresia (she
> reigned the Austrian empire 1740-80)in other places than the ones I
> photographed near Roisin in Southern Belgium (appr. 15-20 km E of
> Valenciennes/France), which must be the largest concentration of old
> Austrian boundary
> > markers in that area...(to be seen on my site)
> > Perhaps a visit to Overslag can be arranged from
> > Baarle during September's GCEBE... I'll work on
> > it...
> > Peter H.
>
>
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