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| | == Location == | | == Location == |
| − | On a river called ''Hengstenbach'' surrounded by trees, at the eastern town limit of Dreieichenhain (suburb of Dreieich), in Offenbach district, Hesse, Germany. | + | On a <s>stream</s> <strong>river</strong> called ''Hengstenbach'' surrounded by trees, at the eastern town limit of Dreieichenhain (suburb of Dreieich), in Offenbach district, Hesse, Germany. |
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| | This day’s weather: overcast with a hint of sunshine – it started raining between 16:00 and 17:00 (<abbr title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</abbr>). | | This day’s weather: overcast with a hint of sunshine – it started raining between 16:00 and 17:00 (<abbr title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</abbr>). |
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| − | == Participants ==
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| − | * [[User:Green guy!|Green guy!]] ([[User talk:Green guy!|talk]])
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| − | * Green guy!’s mother
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| − | * Green guy!’s father
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| − | * [[User:GeorgDerReisende|GeorgDerReisende]]
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| − | == Plans ==
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| − | === Green guy! ===
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| − | Due to this day being a Monday, unfortunately, many delightful restaurants are closed, leaving just a <em>single</em> option!
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| − | # Drive towards Dreieichenhain and have lunch at the restaurant of the sports center ''Turnverein 1880 Dreieichenhain'' (it closes at 14:00)
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| − | # Drive into Dreieichenhain and park next to the castle ''Burg Hayn in der Dreieich''
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| − | # Go on a walk to visit the hashpoint
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| − | #* <strong>note for GeorgDerReisende:</strong> An earlier time is not possible for us, mainly due to restaurant planning and my mother having an appointment in the forenoon.
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| − | # Walk around the castle
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| − | # Drive back home
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| − | === GeorgDerReisende ===
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| − | For me it seems that the stream flows some meters north of the hash, but it looks all as private and closed area. But I will try it. I leave Kassel at 8:23, and will arrive at the bus stop Burg Hayn at 11:55. From there are some meters to the hash area. Look out for a man in yellow and black!
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| − | == Expedition ==
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| − | === Green guy! ===
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| − | A nice expedition, but we couldn’t reach the coordinates – a combination of a bit ''No Trespassing'' (many barriers) with mainly ''My Kingdom for a Boat'' (as the supposed stream turned out to be a river of several meters in width) made this unfeasible.
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| − | WAY THERE
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| − | picked up mother from her appointment, then drove to restaurant
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| − | LUNCH
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| − | drove to restaurant, appeared to be closed at first (rolladen down)
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| − | was much better than expected, however slight smoke smell from 20 years ago when smoking indoors was allowed, could sit in separate area which not affected
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| − | i ate tasty Viennese schnitzel with fries and salad
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| − | HASHPOINT
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| − | parked next to castle
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| − | short walk towards coordinates, but mostly no trespassing
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| − | also, stream turned out to be river (too wide to jump over) with significant current
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| − | => coordinates not reached
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| − | mother misread the street sign "Am Gebück" as "Im Gebäck" and "Am Gebäck"
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| − | CASTLE
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| − | interesting walk on castle yard
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| − | kids (children–teenager transition) playing tag in the castle area, with lots of squeaking
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| − | read a Latin-language chiseled stone block: 1000-years old text!
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| − | WAY BACK HOME
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| − | father decided to drive on rural road’s right border marking, causing tires to screech, I determined pitches (F4 to A4 on piano) with absolute hearing, causing us to have good laugh
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| − | VERDICT
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| − | weather way better than expected, with sun shining through cloud cover for a moment
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| − | Let’s be honest: I had worried waaay too much about rain! Also, my parents were delighted about the fact that they would have <em>never</em> seen this castle if it was’t been [grammar here??] for the geohash coordinates!
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| − | ==== The way there ====
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| − | First of all, my father and I picked up my mother from her appointment. From there, we drove to Dreieichenhain with the intention of eating since it was already noon.
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| − | ==== Having lunch at the restaurant ====
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| − | Upon arriving at the sports center ''Turnverein 1880 Dreieichenhain'', my mother was concerned at first about the restaurant being closed as the shutters were down on some windows, but it was open. The eatery turned out to be a lot more noble than I expected (I was thinking of something more akin to a canteen or bistro, forgetting about another sports center that is located close to our home and also has a high-quality restaurant). However, there was a slight smell of smoke transpiring from the walls, which is actually a residue from 20+ years ago when smoking indoors was still allowed. We solved this issue by nestling in a semi-separated area not affected by the smell.
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| − | In this place, I ate a tasty Viennese schnitzel (pork meat) with french fries and a side salad.
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| − | [[File:20241014_133702.jpg|center|thumb|x200px|alt="plate with Viennese schnitzel, french fries; salad on the right; sachets of ketchup on the left"|This tasted good!]]
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| − | ==== Reaching the coordinates ====
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| − | After lunch, we tried visiting the hashpoint: We parked our car on the public parking lot next to ''Burg Hayn'' and walked towards the hashpoint.
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| − | <gallery class="center" widths="300px" heights="200px">
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_142351.jpg|alt="lake with fountains; info sign in the front"|Looking at the ''Burgweiher'' and a sign informing about its guardrails
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_142411.jpg|alt="street going through archway"|Entrance to Dreieichenhain’s historic center
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_142621.jpg|alt="trash bin with label: Ein schöner Ort kennt keinen Müll"|“A beautiful place knows no waste.”
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_142812.jpg|alt="wooden bench labeled as Babbelbank"|“Babble bench”, a place to sit down and talk in Hessian
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_142844.jpg|alt="narrow path between wooden fences, partly covered by trees"
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_142906 BLURRED.jpg|alt="narrow path, hedge on the left, wooden fence on the right"|Under the trees
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | At the closest possible point to the coordinates, we couldn’t continue due to fences, gates and signs denoting private property (no trespassing).
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| − | <gallery class="center" widths="200px" heights="200px">
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_143027.jpg|alt="wooden gate with sign forbidding public access"|“Entering the private property is only allowed with explicit consent of the owner”, better known as ''No Trespassing''
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_143056.jpg|alt="narrow path, tall tree in background"|A tall conifer sticking out of the residential scape
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_143125.jpg|alt="narrow path, quite shady due to trees above"|Roof of leaves
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | As we reached a bridge that crosses over the supposed “stream” the hashpoint lies on (''Hengstenbach'' translates to “Stallion’s Stream” after all, plus OpenStreetMap had it mapped as stream), it turned out to be a river of several meters in width with a considerable current and steep banks, earning me the ''My Kingdom for a Boat'' achievement.
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| − | <gallery class="center" widths="170px" heights="300px">
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_143324.jpg|alt="river flowing towards camera, surrounded by shrubs and trees"|The ''Hengstenbach'', looking away from the hashpoint (against the flow direction)
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_143334.jpg|alt="river flowing away from camera, surrounded by shrubs and trees"|Looking towards the coordinates – you definitely can’t easily reach the hashpoint!
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | Despite not reaching the coordinates, we had a relaxing time walking around the area. On our way back, at one point, we walked on a street called ''Am Gebück''. My mother misread that street’s sign as “Im Gebäck” (translation: “In the Pastries”), causing us to have a short laugh.
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| − | <gallery class="center" widths="300px" heights="200px">
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_143526.jpg|alt="lake with mirror reflection of houses, trees and cloudy sky"|Lulls turn lakes into lovely mirrors.
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_143923.jpg|alt="wooden gates and fences with lawn and trees behind"|Another place of no access
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_144131.jpg|alt="road sign: Am Gebück"|''Im Gebäck''? ''Am Gebäck''? No, the sign reads ''Am Gebück''!
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | ==== Visiting ''Burg Hayn'' ====
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| − | After not reaching the coordinates, we walked around and inside the yard of ''Burg Hayn'', a castle remnant from the Middle Ages. On the historical premises, a few youngsters (in the transitioning age from children to teenagers) were eagerly playing tag with each other, zanily squeaking while frantically running about. One interesting sight (and read), found in the remnants of the castle’s residential quarters, was a big stone block with almost <em>a thousand years old (!)</em> Latin text chiseled into it.
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| − | <gallery class="center" widths="300px" heights="200px">
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_144448.jpg|alt="shady corner between trees and walls; playground swing on the left"|Dark corner of the playground
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_144522.jpg|alt="sun shining through cloudy sky"|Sunny, not rainy!
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_144631.jpg|alt="welcome and rules sign of the Burg Hayn site"|Without a license, you’re not allowed to take commercial photos on the castle site. Fortunately, this wiki is non-commercial as far as I know.
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_144747.jpg|alt="round tower, viewed from frog perspective"|The donjon of ''Burg Hayn''
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_144845.jpg|alt="open-air stage in background, with the audience’s gallery around it"|The open-air theater
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_145418.jpg|alt="looking at lake; tree on left, houses in background"|Beautiful look at the ''Burgweiher'' from inside the castle walls
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_145531 BLURRED.jpg|alt="ruins of medieval residential building"|The castle’s residential quarters – my attempt at replicating the [[commons:File:Burg_(1).jpg|photo]] from German Wikipedia’s [[wikipedia:de:Burg Hayn|''Burg Hayn'' article]]
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_145658.jpg|alt="medieval castle windows without glass"|Windows, but not made by Microsoft
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_145938.jpg|alt="stone block with Latin text chiseled into it"|<i style="font-family: serif; text-transform: uppercase; font-style: normal;" lang="la" title="Can you read Latin?">Potesne legere Latine?</i>
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_150117.jpg|alt="small garden with benches and many climbling plants"|The rosarium
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_150244.jpg|alt="looking at castle site, map in foreground"|Site plan of ''Burg Hayn''
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| − | File:OMIMG_20241014_150332.jpg|alt="looking at castle from afar"|One final, beautiful look at the castle site
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | ==== The way back home ====
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| − | Finally, we drove home. While driving on a rural road, my father decided to steer a bit to the right so the tires would start rubbing against the road’s edge marking, causing a droning sound. He asked me to determine the musical pitches of the droning using my absolute hearing. (I determined piano notes from F4 to A4 – faster driving meant higher tone frequency.) We all had a really good laugh from the tires’ tunes and my determination of tones!
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| − | ==== Final verdict ====
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| − | During all of the expedition, the weather was way better than expected, with the sun shining through the cloud cover at one moment! Let’s be honest: I had worried waaay too much about rain!
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| − | Also, my parents were delighted about the fact that they would have <em>never</em> seen these castle remnants of ''Burg Hayn'' if it hadn’t been for the geohash coordinates!
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| − | === GeorgDerReisende ===
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| − | Arrived in time, walked to the entrance of the hash area, found a gate, walked around the whole area, looked again to the gate, walked around the village, didn't see a group of three. A stopover of one hour.
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| − | == Tracklog ==
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| − | === Green guy!: Walking to the hashpoint, then visiting ''Burg Hayn'' ===
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| − | * Direction: starting in the southeast, going north towards the hashpoint, then northwest, finally going towards the castle and back southeast
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| − | * GPS accuracy: medium (lower accuracy near building and castle walls)
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| − | * Markers show all locations where I took photos – many of them are taken for OpenStreetMap surveying and not uploaded here.
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| − | {{Tracklog|GH 2024-10-14 50 8 at 14-21.gpx}}
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| − | === GeorgDerReisende ===
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| − | {{Tracklog|2024-10-14 50 8 GeorgDerReisende.gpx}}
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| − | == Pictures ==
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| − | === GeorgDerReisende ===
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| − | <gallery>
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| − | File:2024-10-14 50 8 GeorgDerReisende 5601.jpg | the gate
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | == Achievements ==
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| − | === Green guy! ===
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| − | {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|100%}}
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| − | ==== First-time ====
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| − | I earned these for the first time from this geohash.
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| − | {{My kingdom for a boat
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| − | | latitude = 50
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| − | | longitude = 8
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| − | | date = 2024-10-14
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| − | | name = [[User:Green guy!|Green guy!]]
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| − | | waterhazard = river that was incorrectly mapped as a (passable) <code>waterway=[https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway=stream stream]</code> in OpenStreetMap
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| − | }}
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| − | {{Ribbon
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| − | | color = cornflowerblue
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| − | | icon = Sightseeing.png
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| − | | achievement = [[Sightseeing achievement]]
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| − | | user = [[User:Green guy!|Green guy!]]
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| − | | action = recreating a [[commons:File:Burg_(1).jpg|photograph]] from the German Wikipedia page for [[wikipedia:de:Burg Hayn|''Burg Hayn'']], which is near the [https://geohashing.info/s/2024-10-14/50,8 (50, 8) geohash], on [[2024-10-14 50 8|2024-10-14]]
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| − | }}
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| − | ==== Recurring ====
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| − | I already earned these from an earlier geohash, but fulfilled the conditions again on this one.
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| − | | OSMlink = __MAIN_CHANGESET_ID__
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| − | | OSMlink2 = _________
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| − | | OSMlink3 = _________
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| − | | name = [[User:Green guy!|Green guy!]]
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| − | {{No trespassing
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| − | | latitude = 50
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| − | | longitude = 8
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| − | | date = 2024-10-14
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| − | | name = [[User:Green guy!|Green guy!]]
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| − | | distance = 60 m away
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| − | }}
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| − | I’m not sure if this actually counts as ''No Trespassing'' since the river itself would have likely prevented us from reaching the hashpoint even without the presence of barriers and signs.
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| − | === GeorgDerReisende ===
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