How Good is Your Geographic? [4]

This is a very difficult question. Perhaps you qould give us a hint (like what hemisphere its's in)? At any rate I'm going to stick with Schmenke's theme of central Europe I'll guess
Austria
Hungary
Slovakia
Czech Republic

It is in Europe yes. The trick in this question is the fourth part. This fourth country was conceived at the Vienna convention in 1815 and dissolved at the treaty of Versailles in 1919. The border point still exists, but it's now between three countries.

The Kingdom of Sardinia
The Kingdom of Prussia
Switzerland
France
:s ailor: I think at least one of these borders may have ben contested'

Thanks for the Clue. My answer is Prussia, Poland, Germany and Czechoslovakia.

I'll go with Austro-Hungary, Prussia, Poland and Russia. I think the point may be in modern-day Poland.

No your all wrong. Mr. Alcatraz is the closest. The reason they formed the extra country there was because of they couldn't agree on the ownership of a zinc mine. The compromise was to make the zinc mine an independent country.

EDIT: Okay I see where I might have made the mistake:

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Originally Posted by Lousada

It is in Europe yes. The trick in this question is the fourth part. This fourth country was conceived at the Vienna convention in 1815 and dissolved at the treaty of Versailles in 1919. The border point still exists, but it's now between three countries.

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In 1815 the first two countries formed a third country as explained above. Some time later they were joined at the border point by a fourth country. Later at Versailles the third country was dissolved, so only country 1, 2, 4 remained. Now I'm just giving the answer away I think.

I am disqualified because I took a peak at a period map. Obscure (not to be taken negatively)Euopean history is not a strong point for me.
Good luck y'awl :up:

I'm sorry, I didn't know it was that obscure. I think lots of people in my country at some point went on a schooltrip/holiday to the borderpoint and got the inevitable question about the four slices in the memorial there. As it was the only actual quatripoint in modern history I thought other people might have known about it too. Sorry if I made it too difficult.

Okay I shall give the answer and ask a new question: it is the three border point between Belgium, Holland and Germany. Belgium was the most important mining and industrial area in the nineteenth century. And of course the Ruhr area over the border was and is also an important industrial area. That is why it was so important to control the mines. I think Belgian companies are still among the worlds leading zinc producers, but the mines have been long since closed obviously.

Okay new question:
This famous borderpoint between Belgium, Holland and Germany, is also the highest point of Holland. How high is it?

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Originally Posted by Lousada

Okay I shall give the answer and ask a new question: it is the three border point between Belgium, Holland and Germany. Belgium was the most important mining and industrial area in the nineteenth century. And of course the Ruhr area over the border was and is also an important industrial area. That is why it was so important to control the mines. I think Belgian companies are still among the worlds leading zinc producers, but the mines have been long since closed obviously.
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So what was the 4th country?