Subject: Celebration time - Jungholz mystery solved (I hope...)
Date: Nov 14, 2000 @ 20:04
Author: Peter & Marianne Hering ("Peter & Marianne Hering" <hering@...>)
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Hello everybody,
this is the moment I've been waiting for - frankly this tiny
Alpine village of Jungholz has caused a lot of headache,
and is the reason why my bottles of Scotch have disappeared
so quickly...
But now - listen:
This morning I rang up Jungholz and the lady in the tourist-office
connected me with the most reliable person in this matter I've been
talking to until now...!
Mr. Max Tauscher is  o u r   man in Jungholz, cause he knows all
about the area, has written books and could tell me the whole truth -
and nothing but the truth I hope - about our queries.
This is the fact:  Jungholz is an enclave, because on top of the
mountain "Sorgschrofen" the boundary lines of Germany meet
with the Austrian lines in one point ! The actual point is carved into
the rock ...!
He also knew about the theory of a "passage" 3 meters wide, that
he commented as "fairy tale" - most likely because 2 meters from
"our" point there is a geometrical point, a kind of cross that you find
on many mountain tops.. - this "cross" is entirely on Austrian soil,
so maybe that's why many people think that must be the "passage".
(that was my theory, too!)
So folks - celebration time - and frankly, I think I've deserved Jesper's
gold medal plus a bottle of fine Bourbon when we meet next year -
Cheers - Skaal !!!
Peter
 
PS: my homepage is still under construction, Jesper has been a very
great help setting up what you see by now - and there's much more to
come...
Pete