--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Doug Murray
<doug@d...> wrote:
>
> Very interesting concept. Perhaps Janka is also a
borderfreak?
>
> I agree with Mike about the uniqueness of this TP. I have been
> there twice, and it is without a doubt my favourite. Not the least
> of which is because this AT-HU is where the fall of all those
> Eastern European governments began. I still would like to
know where
> that first snip of the HU barbed wire took place.
>
> I like to think it was near ATHUSK.
well you can because this event reportedly occurred much
nearer to athusk than say to athusi
look between the hungarian village of fertorakos & the austrian
village of morbisch am see
on the west shore of the neusiedler see
which you probably know is the big athu lake about 30km sw of
athusk
http://www.ce-review.org/99/11/nemes11.html
>
> The old fence posts, with HU flag colourings still trace the path
> of the old Iron Curtain, leading to the tripoint. It is a stark,
> prairie-like place -- both welcoming and lonely at the same
time.
>
> I still recall the 2001 tri-point dance: 30 border crossings in
> one minute. Led by Jack.
>
> I hope this place remains as it is. Although I do think a
structure
> like Janka's would be something amazing to see. Just not
here!
>
> Doug
>
>
> On Saturday, November 1, 2003, at 10:33 PM, Michael
Kaufman wrote:
>
> > Don't know what it is, but it may not be for long...
> > Austria-Hungary-Slovakia may build an amusement park
> > on the tp, with a building encompassing the tp.
> > see:
> > http://www.architectstudent.net/
> > main.asp?page=portfolios&action=user_detail&id=350
> > http://www.architectstudent.net/
> > main.asp?page=portfolios&action=detail&id=3636
> > http://www.architectstudent.net/
> > main.asp?page=portfolios&action=detail&id=3731
> > -->But to be honest I hope they leave it alone. I
> > have been there once on the GEEBE and I know quite a
> > few of you have been there more than that. This is
> > one of my favorite tps and the natural landscape,
> > multinational footpath (AT-HU), and remnants of a
> > bygone era (Iron Curtain) ought to be left the way
> > they are. At least as far as I'm concerned. :-/
> > -Mike K.
> >
> > --- acroorca2002 <orc@o...> wrote:
> > > haha
> > > & now i am the one with no idea what you guys are
> > > talking about
> > > hahaha
> > > but it strikes me as a great spoof of real try
> > > pointing
> > >
> > >
> > > i will tell you seriously tho that the roofed
> > > tripoint i am aware of is
> > > situated on dry land rather than in the water
> > > hahaha
> > > that was a good one tho
> > >
> > > so this clue alone should save you guys a lot of
> > > trouble
> > > hahahaha
> > >
> > > also
> > > as previously mentioned
> > > only a true multistate or multicountry point would
> > > properly dignify
> > > this puzzle
> > > since we already have an example of a lower level
> > > roofed
> > > multipoint
> > > the one that occurs under the capitol rotunda in
> > > washington dc
> > > where that city is split into its 4 semicardinal
> > > quadrants
> > >
> > > & we have the expectation that there could well be
> > > many such
> > > seats of government whose domes or cupolas similarly
> > > cap the
> > > crosshairs of similarly designed municipal
> > > quarterings
> > >
> > > possibly many such county seats in the middle west
> > > of the usa
> > >
> > > anyway more likely than greater vancouver i would
> > > think
> > >
> > > again this is just to save you some trouble
> > > or else to give you a good steer
> > > if more lower level examples of covered multipoints
> > > are what you
> > > really want
> > >
> > > & i bet you could find dozens this way if you really
> > > cared to try
> > >
> > >
> > > also
> > > one last clue & steer
> > > in case you really are trying for the big one
> > >
> > > probably the only other bp members who may already
> > > be aware
> > > of the structurally enclosed tripoint that i am
> > > referring to
> > > are jack & gregg
> > >
> > > & this tripoint is for now the most major & indeed
> > > the only known
> > > major example of a roofed multipoint in the world
> > >
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Jesper
> > > Nielsen"
> > > <jesniel@i...> wrote:
> > > > Yes, nice to discover new things (and to read
> > > posting from you
> > > where you
> > > > wrote understandable language).
> > > >
> > > > A colleagues informed me of a postal district
> > > enclave in
> > > Copenhagen, but
> > > > unfortunately he was wrong. The enclave was
> > > attached to the
> > > mother district
> > > > by half a street (on what side there are now
> > > houses though).
> > > >
> > > > Jesper
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "acroorca2002" <orc@o...>
> > > > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 4:28 PM
> > > > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Boundaries through
> > > urban areas
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > search & enjoy
> > > > >
> > > > > real success is when your compass gets stuck on
> > > happy
> > > > > no matter what you may or may not find
> > > > >
> > > > > & now we have a whole new rarity or nullity to
> > > look for
> > > > >
> > > > > buildings under borders
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Jesper
> > > Nielsen"
> > > > > <jesniel@i...> wrote:
> > > > > > I visited the divided structure on the
> > > Copenhagen
> > > > > City-Copenhagen County
> > > > > > lines yesterday comming from work, but there
> > > is nothing
> > > there.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It's definately not an overground building.
> > > Such a
> > > > > dissapointment.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I like the idea of a roofed multipoint,
> > > something new to look
> > > for.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jesper
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > They just published a 1:4000 of Copenhagen
> > > > > City/Frederiksberg counties,
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > > I found a divided building on the Copenhagen
> > > > > City-Copenhagen County line.
> > > > > > > See attachment. I drive on the main road
> > > every day, so I
> > > will
> > > > > stop soon to
> > > > > > > check out the building. Pity it's already
> > > dark here at 4 pm.
> > > > > There is
> > > > > > > actually a parish tripoint there in the
> > > middle of the road
> > > > > crossing.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Jesper
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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