Schulzengrundbach
River in Bavaria, Germany
50°07′08″N 9°15′16″E / 50.118803°N 9.254500°E / 50.118803; 9.254500 • location
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Geographical centre point of the European Union marked by the flag pole on the bank of the Schulzengrundbach in Westerngrund-Oberwestern
The Schulzengrundbach flows through a tube into the Westerbach
The Schulzengrundbach[2] is a small river left of the Westerbach in Landkreis Aschaffenburg in the Bavarian Spessart in Germany.
Location
Its source is east of Westerngrund-Oberwestern. It flows in southwesterly direction through the Schulzengrund valley and discharges in Oberwestern into the Westerbach.
Since 1 July 2013 it became famous, because the Geographic centre of the European Union is located in a wet meadow left of the Schulzengrundbach, when Croatia joined the European Union.[3][4]
References
- ^ Google Earth
- ^ Main-Echo Aschaffenburg, 21 July 2012: Grenzbach, Bindeglied, wildes Wasser: Durch Westerngrund (10): Der Westerbach – Namensgeber der Gemeinde – Einst zehn Mühlen angetrieben – verheerende Flut im August 1981. (in German)
- ^ Westerngrund ist Mittelpunkt der Europäischen Union. (in German)
- ^ Der Mittelpunkt ist eine feuchte Wiese in Oberwestern. (in German)
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