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"A meridian column has been erected in Rähnitz since 1828. This ten-meter-high sandstone column forms the northern terminus of the surveying system of Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann and is popularly …

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May 31, 2020

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One of two measuring columns of the senior inspector Lohrmann from 1828. A second column near Rippien has not yet been located. The column is also popularly known as the "Butterstampe".

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Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG

May 6, 2025

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The ten-meter-high sandstone column was erected in 1828 on the initiative of Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann (1796–1840). Lohrmann worked for the Royal Saxon Surveying Institute, operated an observatory, and drew a map of the moon. In 1827, he became Chief Inspector of the Mathematical-Physical Salon, and a year later, he was appointed director of the newly founded Technical Educational Institute in Dresden.

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