Normalnull

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Normalnull ("standard zero") or Normal-Null (short N. N. or NN ) is the name of an outdated official vertical datum used in Germany. Elevations using this reference system were to be marked "Meter über Normal-Null". Normalnull has been replaced by Normalhöhennull (short NHN).

History

In 1878 reference heights were taken fom the Amsterdam Ordnance Datum and transferred to the New Berlin Observatory in order to define the Normalhöhenpunkt 1879. Normalnull has been defined as a level going through an imaginary point 37,00 m below Normalhöhenpunkt 1879. When the New Berlin Observatory was demolished in 1912 the reference point was moved east to the village Hoppegarten (now part of the town of Müncheberg, Brandenburg, Germany).[1]

References

  1. ↑ S. German: Was ist „Normal-Null”?. In: Physikalische Blätter 1958, vol 14, issue 2, P. 62–66 ISSN 1521-3722 doi:10.1002/phbl.19580140203
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