a brief history of czplsk

the czpl component of czplsk
appears to date from the spa conference of 1920
when teschen silesia was partitioned between czechoslovakia & poland
along the dashed line shown by this map

for enlargement & source please see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Slask_cieszynski.png


& since this territorial allocation disregarded existing municipal boundaries within silesia
most notably those of the city of teschen itself
there is probably little point in seeking an antecedent subdivisional tripoint at present czplsk


the plsk component of czplsk also appears to have been settled by 1920
as this border change map also suggests

enlargement & source
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Zaolzie_mapa.jpg

indeed the alignment shown for the eventual plsk boundary may simply have followed the austro hungarian divide of 1867
which may itself have adhered to still earlier boundaries


but in any case
both the czpl & plsk components of 1920 were confirmed or reaffirmed in 1958
by czechoslovakia & poland


& the czsk component may well have existed in its present form since the beginning of czechoslovakia & poland in 1918
also following the austro hungarian divide of 1867 & its antecedents

but the czechoslovakian portion of silesia was in any case formally merged with moravia in 1928 into the moravskoslezske region depicted by these maps


& this grouping was merged in turn with the bohemian region to form the czech socialist republic within czechoslovakia in 1948


so
all these data
when combined with the apparent fact that czplsk remained unmarked until 2007
do strongly suggest that the exact czplsk tripoint location is relatively young as a tripoint
& that its trifinial configuration was most likely completed in its present form by 1920

more about czplsk

tho the czplsk tripoint has been a tricountry point since the disintegration of czechoslovakia in 1993
& was monumented indirectly in 1995 by the 3 well known obeliskoids that have been profusely photographed & hung at google earth etc
the direct demarcation by a fourth & much smaller obeliskoid was not completed until 2007
& has so far gone largely unnoticed or overlooked

indeed outdated information such as the following can still be found on the internet
http://www.volny.cz/obec.hrcava/trojmezia.html
tho presumably the definitive distances given in it remain correct
now that the tripoint itself is also marked directly

this rather stunning & memorable first known photo of its new & only known true marker was lifted from the first known public report of it
which is also linked below

http://fotoforum.gazeta.pl/3,0,723115,2,6.html

based on the recently revised official czech depiction of
the czech border at
http://tinyurl.com/35697q
& based also on an earlier indication by
eye witness jesper nielsen
which is hopefully still shown
at the bottom of the following page
http://tinyurl.com/3gvqho
if not also here below

showing in red the presumed locations
of the 3 older obeliskoids
before the official czech border depiction was corrected
the following revised tripoint stretching diagram guess
using the czplsk border trijunction shown at google earth
is likely in order now



& this geoposition is indicated by google earth
at roughly nlat49d31m01s75 & elong18d51m04s87

czplsk tripoint try fully consummated at last

friends old & new
it is rare to see evidence that any tricountry point has been absolutely reached & attained

but as many of you must know
the czech polish slovak tripoint has been an especially notable example of such elusiveness
over the full 15 years of its multinational existence

so it was a great culmination
as well as a great beginning point for an upgraded exposition of trypointing in general
to find that an old acquaintance named artur kroc had just reached this newly monumented objective point & had publicized the accomplishment at flickr

here are the choicest excerpts from his deliberate pointing try & photography of it
first showing the coup de grace above
& then here below looking down upon the apex tripoint itself
which is apparently situated on & within a tiny white spot atop the stone marker
so you can also experience seeing & zeroing in on & finally being in all 3 countries at once here

so extra congrats
after so many have tried & so often come only very close

from
http://flickr.com/photos/10375452@N00/sets/72157607982261910/