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Gronau (Westf.)
(Stadt Gronau)
Kr. Borken
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Neustraße / Paßweg

Dreiländer Denkmal

Three-country monument

Michael Franke
1991

Beschreibung / Description

Three irregular hexagonal steel columns with a coat of arms at the chamfered top. The coats of arms are of the diocese of Münster, the county of Bentheim and the Dutch province of Overijssel, respectively. A hand extends from the back of each pillar and the three hands grasp each other.
The monument symbolises the tri-border point located just north of Gronau: Netherlands - Lower Saxony (Bentheim) and North Rhine-Westphalia (Münster).
At the 'real' three-country point, there is a triangular stone column with the same three arms, dating from 1659.

Gronau (Westf.) - Dreiländer Denkmal
Diocese of Münster
Grafschaft Bentheim
Province of Overijssel

Signiert / Signature

M. Franke Erkelenz 1991

Künstler*in / Artist

Michael Franke (Ershausen, Thüringen 1946), German sculptor in Erkelenz (Website – Wikipedia).

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Grenspalen.nl, Virtueel langs de Duitse grens: grenspalen 857-862, gp. 862.

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 52°12'38" - E 7°1'35") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw1160; Photograph: 31 July 2024
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