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Electoral Saxon Distance Column Glashütte
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Sven
February 7, 2022
Hiking
The column in Glashütte was erected in 1734 as a distance column on the market square, then moved several times until it found a place in front of the train station.
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September 24, 2022
Hiking
Here you can see the largest of the 4 post miles pillars, the distance pillar adorned with a coat of arms. There are four different types of Saxon post miles columns.
The most still existing, coat of arms-decorated distance columns with the location and distance information as well as the three different miles columns on the post roads (differ in size/height).
These are the whole mile columns, the half mile columns and the quarter mile stones (smallest).
The most still existing, coat of arms-decorated distance columns with the location and distance information as well as the three different miles columns on the post roads (differ in size/height).
These are the whole mile columns, the half mile columns and the quarter mile stones (smallest).
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Torsten
January 28, 2024
Road cycling
"A Saxon post mile column, colloquially also called a Saxon post mile column or just post column, is a milestone that indicates distances and walking times with an accuracy of …
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