This is the so-called “Mercator point” 📍 in northwestern Germany near the Dutch border. Cartographer Gerhard Mercator lived there for a few years as a child.

      • sik0fewl@piefed.ca
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        10 days ago

        Ok. Maybe the inscription is different on the other side? It says 51 degrees in your picture, but 6 degrees in the photos I see on Google Maps.