Wurzen Distance Marker Column

A Saxon post mile column, also known colloquially as a Saxon post mile column, is a milestone that specifies distances and walking times to within an eighth of an hour. The design of the stones varies depending on the distance they represent, they can be in the shape of an obelisk, an ancient herm or a stele. The model was based on the Roman mile pillars, from which the incorrect designation as a pillar was derived. The Saxon Chief Postal Director Paul Vermehren arranged for it to be drawn up according to official distance determinations, the results of which are recorded as hours of travel on the post-mile pillars made of hewn natural stone.The Saxon postal mileage pillars were set up during the reign of August the Strong and his successor on all important post and trade routes and in almost all cities of the Electorate of Saxony to indicate official distances. This should create the basis for a uniform calculation of postal charges. Since the Electorate of Saxony was much larger than today's state of Saxony, such pillars can also be found in Thuringia, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Poland.The locations and images of the milestones still preserved or restored are listed in the gallery of the Saxon post mile pillars. In Saxony, the Saxon post mile columns are listed as a whole under monument protection, which also includes replicas and remnants of these technical monuments that are true to the original.Source: Wikipedia

Postmilitary pillars made in former times for a direction instruction, like here the Wurzener distance pillar from the year 1724. It was the Elector Friedrich August I., who built in the year 1721 postmark pillars in the area of course axes. Wurzen had three of these pillars back then. Unfortunately, these were removed and destroyed at the end of the 19th century. The reconstructed post office pillar of Wurzen revives the memory of a time without a navigation system and is now an eye-catcher in the city center.

Not far from Im Crostigall is the Ringelnatz Museum, Wurzen's most famous son.
All places are plates with his verses.