Subject: Re: DE2BYHETH - pictures<br/>
Date: Sep 13, 2002 @ 19:44<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (&quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1026313329">I wrote:<br/>
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&quot;(...)DE2BYHETH: A quarter of the stone is Thuringian. It bears the <br/>
letters GSW (Grand-Duchy of Saxony-Weimar, one of the old Thuringian <br/>
states). Standing in Thuringia, Hesse is to your left and Bavaria to <br/>
your right.<br/>
Interesting is that the Thuringian quarter has a cut-off corner. The<br/>
letters GSW and the year 1877 are on a triangle which is oblique<br/>
vis-a-vis all other (straight) sides of the stone.<br/>
<br/>
The Hessian side bears the letters KH (Kur-Hessen?), the Bavarian side<br/>
KB (Kingdom of Bavaria) and W (I think Wuerzburg, the capital of the<br/>
Bavarian district of Lower Franconia). Another side bears the letters<br/>
LG (Landesgrenze?).&quot;<br/>
<br/>
I think the Hesse side bears the letters KP, which must be the <br/>
Kingdom of Prussia. Sorry, but I couldn&#39;t remember, and it&#39;s a bit <br/>
difficult to tell from the photograph. I should write things down at <br/>
the spot, not only take pictures...<br/>
<br/>
BTW, the picture of the top of this boundary marker is interesting. <br/>
Did you ever see the Iron Curtain from straight above? (Well, 13 <br/>
years after the abolishment thereof, of course, but still).<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.</div>