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11-Sep-2023 -- We visited N49 E11 during a trip in south Germany. This is the 17th visit. It is located near the town of Weissenburg in a forested area criss-crossed by hiking and logging trails. We parked our car at the dedicated parking lot some 1000 meters north of the point and followed the forest track. The final appraoch was easy as the point lies 15 meters west of the forest track. A quick confluence dance before shooting the picture and we were done. A charming CP and a pleasant hike !

If you visit this point, do not miss the citadel Hohenzollern Festung Wülzburg some 2800 meters north of the point. This fortress was built between 1588 to 1610 from a former benedictine monastery. It is one of the four Renaissance fortresses of Germany featuring the typical evolution of the rampart architecture made necessary by the development of modern artillery power.

We also want to highlight the world famous city of Nuremberg 50 km north of the point where our fellow confluencers will find a fascinating attraction. The National Germanic Museum keeps two of the earliest terrestrial globes ever built : the BEHAIM (Erdapfel) globe (1492) and the SCHONER globe (1520). The Behaim globe (diam. 51 cm) was built by martin Behaim between 1490 and 1492. It is currently the oldest terrestrial globe. The american continent is not featured as Columbus returned to spain in March 1493. The japanese archipelago is oversized. The Behaim globe is a wonderful statement of the geographical knowledge before the discovery of America and as such is incorporated in UNESCO’s Memory of the world.

Johannes Schöner was a german scholar who built a series of globes between 1515 and 1523. The one visible in Nuremberg dates back in 1520. It is the first terrestrial globe depicting the american continent. It is strongly believed that Schöner was aware of the work of Behaim and Waldseemuller who designed the first map naming « America » in 1517. This map is currently kept by the library of congress in Washington DC. Schöner’s globe is also controversial as some designs on the globe may be interpreted as a depiction of Magellan’s strait and the Antartic wich were unknown to european at that time (Magellan sailed the strait in 1520). On Schöner’s globe the strait is located at 45 degrees south while the actual strait is located at 53 degrees south.