Zugeordnete Einträge: Polen

POLAND A main border sign called „the Versailles Stone” which marked the border between the Free City of Gdańsk and the German province of Eastern Prussia along the Vistula Spit in the years 1921-1939. A granite block about 80 cm high above ground and 41×41 cm wide. Its opposite sides bear a carved inscription referring… Weiter »

POLAND A granite landmark, little over 1 metre-high, separating the former Cistercian property from the lands of the St. Jan of Szczecin Monastery after Reformation in Pomerania marked out the border between Gryfino and Szczecin. A carving in the upper part of the rock features: the year 1582, a cipher of interweaved letters Z ang… Weiter »

POLAND A border sign built in 1545 close to a ford on the river Ełk where the borders of Ducal Prussia, the Polish Kingdom, and the Grand Dutchy of Lithuania used to meet. It is made of brick, plastered, and roofed with red plain tile. About 6 metres tall. Originally, on its eastern wall was… Weiter »

POLAND A granite pole measuring 1,9 x 0,5 x 0,5 m, narrow at the top, placed as a border sign in the years 1290 -1320 on the border of the Duchy of Nysa-Otmuchów ruled by the bishops of Wrocław. The border was known as Border of St. John Vikas. The front side of the stone… Weiter »

POLAND A granite pole measuring 2,40 , leaning, narrow at the top, placed as a border sign in the years 1290 -1320 on the border of the Duchy of Nysa-Otmuchów ruled by the bishops of Wrocław. The border was known as Border of St. John Vikas. The front side of the stone bears a carved… Weiter »

POLAND A granite pole measuring 2,15 x 0,36 x 0,50 m narrow at the top, placed as a border sign in the years 1290 -1320 on the border of the Duchy of Nysa-Otmuchów ruled by the bishops of Wrocław. The border was known as Border of St. John Vikas. The front side of the stone… Weiter »

POLAND A granite pole measuring 2,20 x 0,49 x 0,54 m, narrow at the top, placed as a border sign in the years 1290 -1320 on the border of the Duchy of Nysa-Otmuchów ruled by the bishops of Wrocław. The border was known as Border of St. John Vikas. The front side of the stone… Weiter »

POLAND A granite pole measuring 2,22 x 0,45 x 0,57 m, narrow at the top, placed as a border sign in the years 1290 -1320 on the border of the Duchy of Nysa-Otmuchów ruled by the bishops of Wrocław. The border was known as Border of St. John Vikas. The front side of the stone… Weiter »

POLAND A granite pole measuring 1.76 x 0.49 x 0.54 m, narrow at the top, placed as a border sign in the years 1290 -1320 on the border of the Duchy of Nysa-Otmuchów ruled by the bishops of Wrocław. The border was known as Border of St. John Vikas. The front side of the stone… Weiter »

POLAND Carved out in sandstone, a 1.5 metre-high border sign called the ”main landmark” of the 19th century, which showed the border between Austria/the Austrian Empire (its section cutting across the Cieszyn Silesia) and the Kingdom of Prussia.   Details