First, I don't rule out that Maienbühl is something very normal. It
just looks peculiar, so why wouldn't there be some sort of a story to
it?
On quintipoints: I think that the lower in the hierarchy you go, the
more quintipoints you'll find. E.g. I think that the bordering of
five back gardens in a quintipoint is not that strange.
But on something more interesting for BP: I know of at least one
former quintipoint in the Netherlands. It is the so-called Oude
Meulenstat near the hamlet of Hugten, on the provincial border
between North Brabant and Limburg. This used to be the meeting point
of the municipalities of Budel, Maarheeze, Someren (all N. Brabant),
Weert, and Nederweert (Limburg). Since then, the boundaries between
Budel and Maarheeze and between Weert and Nederweert were altered,
and later Budel and Maarheeze were merged (the new municipality is
called Cranendonck). Nowadays it is a tripoint between Someren,
Cranendonck, and Nederweert. I noticed that Eef mentions an article
on the boundary marker on his web site, but I have not yet found it.
I did make a picture of it lately. It is, I believe, not the original
one anymore.
Maybe Eef can tell us more about this boundary marker.
I know of at least one other municipal quintipoint in the Northern
Basque Country (France). It is one of the lower peaks of the mountain
Baigura, called the Erregelu, where the municipalities of Macaye
(Makea), Mendionde (Lekorne), Ossès (Orzaize), Irissarry (Irisarri),
and Hélette (Heleta) meet.
Mountains seem to be the ideal candidates for multipoints, don't you
agree?
Peter S.
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "m donner" <maxivan82@h...> wrote:
> well it still sounds like you have discovered a true quintipoint
> & very possibly the most major quinti in the world
> hence global maxipoint by that reckoning
>
> for even if it isnt a quintistate or quintiprovincial or
quintiwhatever they
> have in those countries for second order
> it may very well still be a tertiary level or 3rd order quintipoint
of some
> sort
> however blended
>
> & in that case it would stand to be no less significant than the
> quinticounty point of okeechobee
> & putatively more significant for being international
>
> so if & when i can
> i will look into this further
>
> m
>
>
>
>
> >From: Arif Samad <fHoiberg@y...>
> >Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> >To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> >Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Maienbühl
> >Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 21:01:53 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Mike,
> > If I only knew what kind of point I found, I
> >would be able to tell you. It isn't a tripoint in
> >international level, so I was hesitant at first to
> >mention the point. The other reason I didn't mention
> >it earlier was that I have not found what level the
> >boundaries are. I just have noticed that the
> >boundaries show up on a map, that's all. Not sure how
> >I can research on it. At least one of the boundary
> >should be tertiary though, and thus the Florida point
> >should still be the king of quintipoints.
> > Arif
> >
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