It was identified in 1836 by Christian Heinrich von Nagel as the symmedian point of the excentral triangle of the given triangle.
[1][2] The mittenpunkt has trilinear coordinates[1] where a, b, and c are the side lengths of the given triangle.
Expressed instead in terms of the angles A, B, and C, the trilinears are[3] The barycentric coordinates are[3] The mittenpunkt is at the intersection of the line connecting the centroid and the Gergonne point, the line connecting the incenter and the symmedian point and the line connecting the orthocenter with the Spieker center, thus establishing three collinearities involving the mittenpunkt.
[4] The three lines connecting the excenters of the given triangle to the corresponding edge midpoints all meet at the mittenpunkt; thus, it is the center of perspective of the excentral triangle and the median triangle, with the corresponding axis of perspective being the trilinear polar of the Gergonne point.
[6] The Mittenpunkt also serves as the Gergonne point of the Medial triangle.