Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: tp: czplsk<br/>
Date: Apr 03, 2002 @ 13:18<br/>
Author: Pepijn Hendriks (&quot;Pepijn Hendriks&quot; &lt;pepijnh@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-644916794">I wrote: <br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; There are indeed three obelisks. According to the website you <br/>
&gt; mentioned, the tripoint is in the gorge of a brook bed and could<br/>
&gt; therefore not be demarcated with one single border marker. <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; More will follow; I&#39;m working on a translation.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>In English, the first paragraph of <br/>
&lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.volny.cz/obec.hrcava/trojmezi.html">http://www.volny.cz/obec.hrcava/trojmezi.html</a>&gt; reads:<br/>
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&quot;The municipality of Hrčava is wedged between Poland and Slovakia. <br/>
The common point belonging to no-one, and at the same to all three <br/>
states, the point where the borders of the Czech Republic, the Polish <br/>
Republic and the Slovak Republic meet, is also on the territory of <br/>
Hrčava. Because this tripoint is located in the gorge of a brook bed, <br/>
it was impossible to demarcate it with a border marker, so that the <br/>
tripoint is only geometrically defined. It is the centre of a circle <br/>
described by the tops of an isosceles triangle, which is formed by <br/>
three trilateral pyramidlike monoliths out of polished granite, that <br/>
are ca. 215 cm tall. Each monolith is fitted with the national emblem <br/>
of the respective state and its name. The individual monoliths are on <br/>
the territory of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia <br/>
respectively. They are planted in such a way, that the national <br/>
emblems are turned towards the tripoint, where the borders of the <br/>
Czech, Slovak and Polish republics meet. The base of the triangle is <br/>
formed by the flowline of the Czech and Polish monoliths. Metallic <br/>
cylindershaped boxes were placed in an opening in the base of each <br/>
monolith, containing commemorative documents, other pieces of <br/>
writing, newspapers of that time, and coins.&quot;<br/>
<br/>
I will post the translation of the entire page soon. I have to go and <br/>
do more urgent things now.<br/>
<br/>
(This message uses the ISO 8859-2 character set. If you are unable to <br/>
read this: a caron should be placed over the c in _Hrcava_.)<br/>
<br/>
-Pepijn<br/>
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