Dreiländerstein (Eggenthal)

The three-country stone

The Dreiländerstein is a historic, listed border stone on the border of the Bavarian districts Ostallgäu and Unterallgäu near the hamlet of Binkenhofen . It was built in 1791 by the Irsee lordship under Abbot Honorius Grieninger to replace an old border marker. The limestone, ground on three sides, stands in the Hörtwald corridor on the Unteren Schwarzenbach at the point where, at the end of the 18th century, the domains of the two Benedictine monasteries Kempten and Irsee and the Bavarian town of Mindelheim collided.

The three-country stone has a triangular shape; each of the three sides points to one of the neighboring countries. The initials and coats of arms of the respective sovereigns are shown in every corner:

CFB-RHM to the northeast for the Electoral Palatinate Bavaria and imperial rule Mindelheim with coat of arms
FSTK to the southeast for the Kempten prince monastery with its coat of arms
RSTY to the east for the Reichsstift Irsee with its coat of arms

Some time ago the stone was accidentally knocked over by forest workers when moving wood and not set up again in the correct direction - the sides of the boundary stone now point in the wrong direction.

In September 2012, the Unteregg community set up a 12-kilometer hiking trail “Around the Dreiländerstein”, which, in addition to the Dreiländerstein, connects all parts of the community.

Due to its location on the municipal boundary, the stone is entered in the monument lists of the municipalities of Unteregg and Eggenthal . There he has the file number D-7-78-207-11.