Trigonometric first point on the Czech lands - Brno, Czech Republic, EU
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Jarda315
N 49° 14.883 E 016° 37.334
33U E 618061 N 5456297
On the northern outskirts of Brno, in Sobešice, on the wooded hill (Sharp Hot) - "TREE", the granite memorial, which commemorates the first trigonometrical point (1759) on our territory.
Waymark Code: WM7713
Location: Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 09/11/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member harleydavidsonandy
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Pylon demolished on the site of the Jesuit Chapel of St. Cross, the center formed in 1759, the first focused trigonometric point. Measurements made director of the Vienna observatory J. Liesganig to determine the length of 1 degree meridian of Vienna. Pylon of the monument is located on the kitten "Tree" south of the village Sobešice.
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