Station 42 Rothstein

Station 42 Rothstein is a historic site in Rosenbach, Görlitz, Saxony. Station 42 Rothstein is situated nearby to the peak Rotstein, as well as near Alter Schießstand.

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Type: Historic site
Description: Triangulation Column, 2nd Order Station, the Royal Saxon Triangulation in Saxony 1862-1890
Also known as: “TP (hist)” and “TP Rothstein”
Inscription: “Station Rothstein der Kön. Sächs. Triangulirung 1864”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rotstein and Rotstein.

Rotstein

Peak

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Rotstein is a mountain ridge and its highest mountain in Görlitz district, Saxony, southeastern Germany, east of Löbau. Furthermore, it is the highest mountain in Eastern Upper Lusatia.Within the structure of Natural regions of Saxony, the Rotstein Ridge forms its own microgeochore within the mesoheochore "Reichenbacher Lösshügelland" and the macrogeochore Eastern Upper Lusatia.

Rotstein

Nature reserve

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Rotstein is a nature reserve.

Georgenkapelle

Chapel

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Georgenkapelle is a chapel, which is situated 1 km west of Station 42 Rothstein.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sohland am Rotstein and Herwigsdorf.

Sohland am Rotstein

Village

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Sohland am Rotstein is a village and a former municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2014, it is part of the town Reichenbach.

Herwigsdorf

Village

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Herwigsdorf is a village, which is situated 4 km southwest of Station 42 Rothstein.

Reichenbach

Town

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Reichenbach/O.L. is a town in the Görlitz district, in eastern Saxony, in eastern Germany. It is located 13 km west of Görlitz. Reichenbach is situated 5 km northeast of Station 42 Rothstein.

Station 42 Rothstein

Categories: triangulation pillar, triangulation station, benchmark, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Rosenbach, Görlitz, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

51.10517° or 51° 6′ 19″ north

Longitude

14.76504° or 14° 45′ 54″ east

Inception

1864

Network

Königlich-Sächsische Triangulation

Open location code

9F3P4Q48+32

OpenStreetMap ID

node 456975741

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=survey_point

Wikidata ID

Q49389347

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In Other Languages

“Station 42 Rothstein” goes by many names.

German: “Station 42 Rothstein”

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