Yes I remember reading about that - apparently local planning laws did allow
for the bridges to stay up any longer. Having visited the area there are
several bridges in the Zittau area that are closed - I can only think it is
an issue of having border staff there that prevents their reopening. Every
DEPL border crossing I saw was staffed.
BArry
>From: "Nicky Gardner" <nicky@...>
>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: CZDEPL Tripoint
>Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:11:18 -0000
>
>Interesting comments. Thanks. You ask:
>
>"but how close did these 3 heads of state you saw there
>or any of the other celebrants then come to actually
>reaching this inconveniently wet 3state point of
>theirs"
>
>Actually closer than you think! A temporary bridge was constructed
>across the Neisse River that passed within a metre of the tri-point.
>Not actually over it, but pretty close. The bridge was there for
>about a week, but only open for public use between midday on 30
>April 2004 and the evening of 1 May 2004. A second small temporary
>footbridge was constructed over the Neisse tributary stream that
>divides CZ from PL.
>Nicky
>
>--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, aletheia kallos
><aletheiak@...> wrote:
> >
> > aha
> > interesting
> > & in view of that
> > you may enjoy parts of this rather mixed up
> > trisovereign pointing discussion
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/14134
> > including in the end the very czdepl visit you mention
> >
> > as reported then in real time
> > despite most of the links being dead now
> >
> > & trusting you dont mind my now constant dredging of
> > our oldies
> >
> >
> > but how close did these 3 heads of state you saw there
> > or any of the other celebrants then come to actually
> > reaching this inconveniently wet 3state point of
> > theirs
> >
> > or did no one actually ascertain & touch the very
> > tripoint on that occasion
> >
> > for we have not yet had any reports of anything but
> > dry visits to czdepl
> > & i am looking for evidence of the most technically
> > successful try
> >
> > --- Nicky Gardner <nicky@...> wrote:
> >
> > > A lovely pic! Just at the point where the bird now
> > > stands, surveying
> > > the multi-national view, the then German Chancellor
> > > (Herr Schr�der)
> > > met with the Heads of Government of the Czech
> > > Republic and Poland at
> > > 11 am on 1 May 2004. It was a bit of a sqeeze, and
> > > the bird had to
> > > move, particularly as there were a few dozen
> > > journalists and writers
> > > there too (myself included). Rarely was a tripoint
> > > so frequently at
> > > on that day!
> > > Nicky
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, aletheia
> > > kallos
> > > <aletheiak@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > very tastefully done barry
> > > > & it looks like this bird you have caught here
> > > > so very near the terra firma extremity of the
> > > czech
> > > > republic
> > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/barry_432/220855699/
> > > > may well have become our closest known visitor to
> > > the
> > > > actual tripoint to date
> > > > assuming
> > > > as i do
> > > > that the czpl border proceeds there behind her
> > > back &
> > > > to her right
> > > > from the center of the creek mouth perpendicularly
> > > > across the neisse
> > > > to its conjunction with the german border at
> > > midstream
> > > > probably not far from the left edge of the photo
> > > >
> > > > indeed the bird seems quite correct to at least
> > > appear
> > > > to be pointing slightly upstream at that point
> > > > rather than along the creek alignment toward the
> > > > center of the pic
> > > > as one might otherwise be inclined to assume
> > > >
> > > > --- Barry Arnold <barry_432@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > My first tripoint visit - photos are accessible
> > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/barry_432/ I walked
> > > > > from the official road
> > > > > crossing point along the river to the German
> > > side of
> > > > > the tripoint and then
> > > > > on to the footpath border crossing into CZ.
> > > After a
> > > > > celebratory drink we
> > > > > walked round a recreational lake back to the
> > > river
> > > > > this time on the CZ side
> > > > > and back to the tripoint.
> > > > >
> > > > > Rather than walking up to the road to go through
> > > the
> > > > > border control we
> > > > > walked across the CZPL border at by the river
> > > and
> > > > > along the river back to
> > > > > the DEPL road crossing point. This was not an
> > > > > official crossing or path but
> > > > > others have seemed to have done it.
> > > > >
> > > > > First tripoint and first time I have used
> > > Flicker.
> > > > > Visited BEDENL also and
> > > > > have lots of images from border ridge PLSK -
> > > will
> > > > > upload those when I have
> > > > > time.
> > > > >
> > > > > Barry
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
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