page_title: Dreifrankenstein
section_title: New Dreifrankenstein
hierarchical_section_title: Dreifrankenstein / New Dreifrankenstein
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Der 'Dreifrankenstein' bei Schlüsselfeld / Oberfranken
context_page_description: The Dreifrankenstein is a boundary stone that marks the tripoint where the three Franconian provinces of Upper, Middle and Lower Franconia meet in southern Germany. As part of the regional reforms in 1972 the boundary marker was moved around 7 kilometres as the crow flies to the southeast. Today both points are marked by stones that are referred to as the Old and New Dreifrankenstein.
context_section_description: The New Dreifrankenstein (Neuer Dreifrankenstein), laid in 1979, is a 280 cm high glacial erratic made of muschelkalk, in which the coats of arms of the three Franconian provinces have been carved. It is located on an eminence in the Steigerwald forest, southwest of Heuchelheim (in the borough of Schlüsselfeld, Upper Franconia), northwest of  Freihaslach (Markt Burghaslach, Middle Franconia) and east of Sixtenberg (Markt Geiselwind, Lower Franconia). Its GPS coordinates are 49°45′21″N 10°33′04″E.
  On the Dreifrankenstein is a geodetic reference point whose coordinates are 49.75565987°N 10.55110917°E.
caption: The New Dreifrankenstein - showing the coat of arms of Lower Franconia
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