Still in sight, but well away from the well-developed cycle path on the Rhine dike is located on the edge of a row of trees one of the 70 remaining marker stones that were once (around 1870) in the 10,000 -meter distance were set up and the length measurement of the Rhine served. This Myriameter stone sits enthroned on an imposing pedestal, but unfortunately is so weathered that its inscriptions can be guessed only in a few places as fragments. Instead, a small Steele provides information about the most important information this Myriameter Stone once had. An extraordinary stopover for hikers and anyone on a bike that can stand a few hundred meters on unpaved ground.

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Enrique

May 22, 2020

Inscription on the information board:
The Nierster Myriameterstein
A Prussian Rhine kilometer measuring point.
The "Central Commission for Shipping on the Rhine" ordered in 1864
for the first time an overall measurement of the Rhine current.
It started in the middle of the Rhine bridge to Basel
and should end at the mouth of the Rhine.
Then every 10,000 meters were on both sides
of the current measuring stones - so-called Myriameter stones
(after myria, Greek = ten thousand).
Heimatkreis Lank e.V. 2018
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KM information: 590 km from Basel -234,450 km to Rotterdam
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Note: on the opposite side of the Rhine between Kaiserswerth and Wittlaer there is a stone with the same data
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Frank

April 1, 2021

It's just a stone. There are apparently several of them on the Rhine. You can find out more about this at Wikipedia.

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