Subject: Kerkrade border pillar
Date: Jun 30, 2001 @ 13:54
Author: Pepijn Hendriks ("Pepijn Hendriks" <pepijnh@...>)
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During my trip to Kerkrade/Herzogenrath two weeks ago, I had a
picture taken from me standing at the Kerkrade-sign at the border.
Underneath this sign there was a pillar, which I assumed to be a
border pillar.

This pillar was not very explicitly marked as a border pillar,
though. It was concrete, nothing fancy, it carried no country
indications etc. The only thing is that it was numbered: 232a.

My questions are the following. Was this actually an official border
pillar? If so, what does this _a_ mean? Is it an 'auxiliary' pillar
to pillar 232 proper? And can anybody confirm that the building next
to the pillar (at the left hand side, seen from Germany; direction
south-west) actually straddles the border?

(If need be, the actualy picture can be provided.)

-Pepijn

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