Editing Geographical midpoint of Europe (section)

=== [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Poland]] ===
[[File:Podlaskie - Suchowola - Suchowola - Kościuszki - Park - Kamień centrum Europy 20110925 01.JPG|thumb|left|upright=.8|Monument in [[Suchowola]], [[Poland]]]]
The first official declaration of the Centre of Europe was made in 1775 by the Polish royal astronomer and cartographer [[Szymon Antoni Sobiekrajski]], who calculated it to be in the town of [[Suchowola]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url = http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/pl-pd-sw.html |title = Suchowola commune (Poland) |quote = In 1775 royal astronomer Szymon Antoni Sobiekrajski published a report in which he stated that Suchowola is the exact geographic centre of Europe }}</ref> near [[Białystok]] in modern north-eastern [[Poland]]. The method used was that of calculating equal distances from the extreme points of Europe: the westernmost point in Portugal; the easternmost point in the Central Urals; the northernmost point in Norway; and the southernmost point in Greece (islands were not taken into consideration). There is a monument commemorating that definition in Suchowola {{coord|53|34|39|N|23|06|22|E|type:landmark|name=Suchowola, Poland (monument)}}.

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==== [[Slovakia]]  ====
[[File:KremnickeBane-stred-europy.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The marker stone in [[Kremnické Bane]], Slovakia]]
In about 1815 there was a declaration that the centre of Europe was located near the mining town of [[Kremnica]], on a hill that forms the water division between the basins of the [[Baltic Sea]] and [[Black Sea]], near St. John Baptist Church. The method used for calculating is unknown, but from the description given on the commemorative plaque located near the church {{coord|48|44|37|N|18|55|50|E|type:landmark|name=Kremnické Bane, Slovakia (monument)}}, it seems that it has been the centre of the smallest circle circumscribed on Europe (yet the limits of Europe taken into consideration are not known). The title of the "Centre of Europe" is also claimed by the neighbouring village [[Krahule]] (ancient Blaufuß), which used to belong to the same parish, now a famous centre for winter sports, with a hotel and recreation centre called "Stred Európy" ("Centre of Europe").
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==== [[Carpathian Ruthenia|Transcarpathia]], [[Ukraine]] ====
[[File:Center of Europe - monument - nearby Rakhiv - Ukraine (5647-49).jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Austrian-Hungarian marker in Ukraine]]
In 1887, geographers from the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian Empire]] set up a historical marker and a large stone in what is today a part of Ukraine, believed to mark the geographic centre of Europe. The interpretation of the worn [[Latin]] [[inscription]] on the [[monument]] is debated, with some claiming that the marker is merely one of a number of fixed [[triangulation]] points for surveying purposes established around the territory of the former empire. The external borders of Europe taken into account during the calculations are not known. According to the description, the methodology used for the calculation is that of the geometrical middle point of the extreme [[latitude]]s and [[longitude]]s of Europe, so the stone was located at {{coord|48|30|N|23|23|E|type:landmark}}. However, the actual location of the monument seems rather {{coord|47|57|46.47|N|24|11|14.4|E|type:landmark|name=Dilove, Ukraine (monument)}} and not the coordinates to which they relate. This is near the village of [[Dilove]] located on the [[Tisza]] river, close to the [[Romania]]n border, in the county of [[Rakhiv]] in the [[Carpathian Ruthenia|Transcarpathian]] region.

===== Soviet measurements =====
Measurements done after [[World War II]] by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] scientists reconfirmed the Austria-Hungarian claim that [[Rakhiv]] and Dilove to be the geographical centre of Europe. The old marker in the small town was renewed, and a major campaign to convince everyone of its validity was undertaken.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

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==== [[Dyleň|Tillenberg/Dyleň]], today in the [[Czech Republic]]/[[Bavaria]] ====
[[File:Mittelpunkt Europas.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.7|Marker near [[Tillenberg]]]]
Austrian geographers also marked the 939-metre-high [[Tillenberg]] ([[Dyleň]]) near the [[Bohemia]]n city of [[Cheb|Eger/Cheb]] with a copper plate as the centre of Europe. As the border to Germany/Bavaria runs 100&nbsp;m west of the mountaintop, the German village of [[Bad Neualbenreuth]] uses this for promotional purposes. [[Bayerischer Rundfunk]] journalists asked the Institut für Geographie of the [[University of Munich]] to verify the claims. The institute concluded that the centre lies further to the south, in [[Hildweinsreuth]] near [[Flossenbürg, Bavaria|Flossenbürg]].

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