Three Emperors' Corner

50.22935277777819.157722222222Koordinaten: 50 ° 13 ' 46 "N, 19 ° 9' 28" E

The Dreikaisereck (Polish: trójkąt Trzech cesarzy ) was the triangle between the empires of Russia, Austria -Hungary and Germany today on Polish territory.

History

The confluence of the Black and the White Przemsa at Myslowitz was after the Cracow uprising of 1846 to the border triangle since the Republic of Cracow was annexed by the Austrian Emperor as Grand Duchy of Kraków. It was initially a Zweikaisereck because the third ruler, the king of Prussia, in 1871 became emperor. Contracts of the three powers were referred to as analogous Three Emperors Three Emperors' League and agreements.

The triangle was from the end of the 19th century into a tourist attraction and thus to view maps motive. On the German side several tourist restaurants to hiking trails as well as a 1907 22 meter high tower Bismarck in the form of the first prize of 1899 by Wilhelm Kreis Götterdämmerung originated in a park-like grounds as a lookout. After the outbreak of World War II, the Russians from their Vistula country had to retreat before 1917 to 1918 all three emperors lost their throne. At the former triangle now was the German -Polish border, but had become as eastern Upper Silesia polish on the decision of the League of Nations on 10 October 1921, the area was Polish. The Bismarck Tower was demolished at the initiative of the Province Governor Michal Grazynski from 21 August 1937 to 1938, the stones were used in Katowice.

Today, this place where the cities Mysłowice ( Myslowitz ) Jaworzno and Sosnowiec ( Sosnowiec ) adjacent to each other, forgotten and offers the dreary sight of an industrial area full of waste. A device fitted in 2004 plaque commemorates a place where " met borders of three ( Polish ) division of territories". This inscription is historically inaccurate, because here the borders of Germany and division of two regions of Poland came together. Silesia was not affected by the partitions of Poland at the end of the 18th century, but since the first half of the 14th century was already outside of the Kingdom of Poland.

Dreikaisereck, German overview map of Silesia, 1905

Dreikaisereck, Polish Map