Ostrach boundary stone museum

Open-air facility of the boundary stone museum

The Grenzsteinmuseum Ostrach is a three-part museum in the Baden-Württemberg community of Ostrach in the district of Sigmaringen .

It is reminiscent of the extremely complicated boundary conditions between Baden , Hohenzollern and Württemberg in Ostrach and Upper Swabia, which were established in the Middle Ages : Ostrach is the only municipality in Baden-Württemberg that comprises parts of Baden, Hohenzollern and Württemberg and thus all three historical components of the state formed in 1952 .

museum

The boundary stone museum was opened on June 28, 2001 for the state anniversary “ 50 years of Baden-Württemberg ”.

Museum building

In the former office building ( ) built in 1595, a local history exhibition has been set up as well as a “Border Stone Museum” section. In addition to boundary stones, it also shows maps and surveying tools used by geometers .

Open-air facility

The open-air facility of the Grenzsteinmuseum ( ) is located east of Burgweiler , a part of the municipality of Ostrach.

In an area of ​​around 4,000 square meters , the former borders, villages, bodies of water and forests are reproduced on a 1: 200 scale. Information boards explain the museum concept.

Surveying nature trail

The 13-kilometer-long surveying trail documents the history of surveying technology from triangulation to the GPS satellite system .

Stations

1. ( ) In Ostrach, at the Folklore Museum and in Burgweiler, at the Grenzsteinmuseum: The overview
2. ( ) At the railway bridge on the Altshausen – Schwackenreute railway line across the Ostrach : Grenz-Wirrwarr
3. ( ) Corner of An der Ostrach / Krumme Äcker : The cradle of surveying
4. ( ) On the road to the reed: The shape of the earth
5. ( ) On the road to the reed: The angle measurement
6. ( ) The distance measurement
7. The height measurement
8. ( ) Burgweiler, at the Grenzsteinmuseum: The aerial survey ( photogrammetry )
9. ( ) In Pfrunger-Burgweiler Ried : The satellite survey
10. The fixed point field
11. The height control point field
12. The gravity control point field
13. Topographic maps
14. The real estate cadastre
15. Boundary stoneware
16. Geographic information systems
17. Surveying, cartography and real estate cadastre in the service of the citizens

Others

A border stone museum bike tour leads over 33 kilometers from the former office building to two of the four former three-country corners in today's Ostrach municipality near Laubbach and Wangen, as well as the circular border hiking trail near Wirnsweiler .

literature

• Boundary Stone Museum Ostrach , flyer from the Ostrach municipal administration
• Ludwig Sautter: Blossoming national borders in Upper Swabia in the Ostrach Border Stone Museum . 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-037692-4 .
• Edwin Ernst Weber: Ostrach and its borders - a border stone museum is being built at the interface of the south-west state . In: Association for History, Culture and Regional Studies Hohenzollern (ed.): Hohenzollerische Heimat, 52nd year, No. 2 / June 2002 , title page and pp. 18-20.

Web links

Commons : Grenzsteinmuseum Ostrach  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• The boundary stone museum on the website of the municipality of Ostrach

Individual evidence

1. ↑ From the Grenzsteinmuseum to the Ried . P. 30f. In: Wanderbar ... the most beautiful routes. Experience the Sigmaringen district . Sigmaringen district office, Schönebeck printing company, Meßkirch 2004.

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