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Czech Republic

Central Europe

Yes

11 mln

78.866 km²

Praag

Czech crown

Visited places

Bordercrossings CZ

∆ Želená Ruda - Bayerisch Eisenstein (CZDE)
(Border railwaystation)

∆ Horni Planá - Ulrichsberg (CZDE)
(Neureichenau)

∆Schöneben - Zadní Zvonková (ATCZ)
(Border 'Rotbach')

∆ Schrattenberg - Valtice (ATCZ)

∆ Lanžhot - Kúty (CZSK)

∆ Dolní Dvořiště - Wullowitz (CZAT)

Tri-points

∆ Plöckenstein (ATCZDE)

∆ Hohenau a.d. March (ATCZSK)

Oddities and Extremities

∆ Boundary stone of the
Margraviate of Moravia

∆ 15º-Meridian-East

Želená Ruda (CZ) - Bayerisch Eisenstein (DE)

Here you find an impression of the by border devided railwaystation at the border of

Želená Ruda (CZ) - Bayerisch Eisenstein (DE).

Click for the webpage

Left and right two visuals of how the border devides the station, as well as the stationbuilding.

Besides the railwaystation, we also walked around it and met some bordermarkers around it.

Horni Planá (CZ) - Ulrichsberg (DE)

Bordercrossing

Dreissesselbergstrasse Neureichenau

At the bordercrossing between Austria and Germany at the 'Dreissesselbergstrasse'

I found 2 BM's H3. Driving from Germany

on the right side of the road

behind the guardrail. Both placed in 1960

says this website: https://www.strassenkatalog.de/osm/h_3_b_1960_,897109256n.html

Zadní Zvonková - Schöneben (AT)

The actual border here is brook 'Rotbach'.

While traveling through Czech, we passed this border and we saw just one BM: I-34

Former customspost, now apartments.

Looking to Austria.

View on Austria.

On the otherside of the border,

looking to Cz,

left of the bridge, BM I-34.

Valtice - Schrattenberg (ATCZ)

Just behind Valticea (Cz), we passed this bordercrossing and found a twin BM,
with the different numbers: X-17/6 and X-18.

BM on the left side.

Now on the rightside in the high grass.

BM X-18

The other one, opposite of the road

BM X-17/6.

Lanžhot (CZ) - Kúty (SK)

If you are close to a border, it might be logical to visit it. In this case the border between Lanžhot (Cz) - Kúty (Slo).

The two border guards/policemen present, couldn't tell us if there would be any BM.

Dolní Dvořiště (CZ) - Wullowitz (AT)

On our way to Austria we stopped at the border of Dolní Dvořiště (Cz) - Wullowitz (At).

Good to see that it used to be a border full off checks.

At the border we spotted 4 bordermarkers:
∆ III 28/16
∆ III 29
∆ III 30/1
∆ III 30/2

Boundary stone of the Margraviate of Moravia

Even before 900 there was a Great Moravian Empire, so called after the river Morave.

The Margraviate excists since 1182. Untill 1918 (end WW I and end of Austria-Hungaria). It has been under many Kings and bishops. For a long time the Moravian were loyal to the Luxembourg.

Since 1918 Moravia is part of the

Czech Republic, so decided by the

Treaty of Saint-Germain.

Historic border stone - a landmark, marking the border of the Margrave of Moravia. The stone stands by the Border Road and the 4th Moravian Trail near the Czech-Slovak-Austrian Triple Border. The historical boundary stone - the landmark was planted in 1775 during the reign of Empress Maria Theresa to mark the border of the Margraviate of Moravia.

We biked to the stone from a parking at road 425. A nice bikepath lead us through a National Park to this former border marker. Single route it was almost 12 km.

Other points

15º Meridian East

In Jindřichův Hradec in the Czech Republic, we walked near the church of Assumption over the 15º Meridian. It was good that a sign in the street and a sign → on the wall mentioned it.

Centre.

The church from behind the line.

The line

On one side of the line a boulder with inscription 'Kabel'.