Subject: Re: German tripoints
Date: Nov 26, 2001 @ 07:20
Author: orc@orcoast.com (orc@...)
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manfred

just reenjoyed your account of the de2henwrp try below in message 3913 & wo=
uld also have returned to your full punctoscopy of germany link but it seems=
to be down just now so please bring it back if you can

& of course we would like to learn of your try at rpn so please never stand=
on ceremony if you have a multipoint or extremity in the bag even tho for e=
xtremities we would prefer complete news tours but heck at this time of nigh=
t even only northernmost rheinland pfalz would be most welcome

m



--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., Manfred Haertel <Manfred.Haertel@r...> wrote:

> kahbeh@h... wrote:

> >

> > Having participated in at least part of the wonderful GCEBE, I

> > revived one of my old (unfinished) projects and listed the German

> > tripoints, I found 14 of them. they are listed at

> > http://members.tripodnet.nl/grenze/germantripoints.htm

>

> I was at the tripoint Hessen/Rheinland-Pfalz/Nordrhein-Westfalen some

> weeks ago. It's not easy to find (inside a forest), there is a sign

> "Dreiländereck" on a way that starts on the road that leads from

> Rheinland-Pfalz to Hessen (on the Rheinland-Pfalz side), but this is the

> wrong way! The easiest way to find this tripoint is to take the first

> way into the forest at the Hessen side of the road and then, after about

> 1 km, take a small way left that leads to the actual tripoint.

>

> I *think* this tripoint is a wet one actually. The tripoint marker is on

> one side of a small brook, beside a bridge, and I *think* the brook is

> the actual border of the Hessen state.

>

> I do not have pictures of this tripoint, but the GPS coordinates: N 50

> 41 09, E 08 07 33 .

>

> Is anyone also interested how to find the northernmost point of the

> Rheinland-Pfalz state? ;-)

>

> Best regards

>

> --

> Manfred Härtel mailto:Manfred.Haertel@r...

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