Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Tp BeDeLu - reply to Michael
Date: Aug 09, 2000 @ 16:07
Author: michael donner (michael donner <m@...>)
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> Dear Michael, thanks for your inquiry about the Tp BeDeLu (I'm aboutawesome how you have increased them
>to learn the abbrevs...- you see...):
>imho you have nothing to be humble about tho
>In my humble opinion this point - or pair of joint zone tp-twins should
>most certainly be considered as one point and one point only !
>very very well
>I just consulted my Belgian topo-map 1:25.000 on this matter: - and I
>remember the topo-reality from my two visits to this tp: the river Our
>forms the border between Germany and Luxemburg and Germany and Belgium .
>A small creek: Ribbach forms the border between Luxemburg and Belgium.
>Where Ribbach empties into the Our, that's where we got our tripoint.
>This tp was - some years ago - marked by a sign on Lux-territory telling
>"Les trois frontières" - in the meantime another "Euro-monument" was
>erected at this place, I was told... - we'll find out next year on our
>expedition...! The Belgian-German boundary-line is marked on either side
>of the Our-river by boundary markers (stones) starting with number 1 -
>and these stones are placed on both sides of the river alternately..!
>This could very well be symbolic for the joint administration of the
>river !
>this short line could & i agree should be counted & celebrated as a single
>On my map no boundary markers are shown on the Lux-Ger portion of the
>Our... The Our is in fact no river, maybe a creek would be a more
>appropiate name for that body of water - about 3meters wide...
>awesome book
>BTW: a couple of days ago I received Jack Parsell's book on Tri- State
>Corners - wonderful work...! This book also reveals photo- graphs of some
>of this site's VIP's - including yourself...! All the best Peter