Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Kerkrade border pillar
Date: Jul 01, 2001 @ 21:22
Author: Eef Berns ("Eef Berns" <eefberns@...>)
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Pepijn, it's indeed an official bordermarker. In this case there are 3
auxiliary bordermarkers between 232 en 233 (232a, 232b and 232c) helping to
demarcate the actual border. The Dutch 1:25.000 topographic map shows them.

vriendelijke groet, Eef Berns

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pepijn Hendriks" <pepijnh@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 3:54 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Kerkrade border pillar


>
> 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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