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Auritz Stele (Russian Column)

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Auritz Stele (Russian Column)

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  • Location: Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany

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    February 4, 2021

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    So-called Auritzer stele: Approx. 5 m high, very slim granite column, embedded in a granite block

    Column from senior attorney and councilor Gottfried Ernst Böhmer / Bemar from Bautzen. It is an extremely valuable monument of Sorbian cultural history, singular importance because only a few monuments with Sorbian inscriptions from the 18th century survive, significant because it comes from a famous Sorbian family that belonged to the bourgeoisie and was later even raised to the nobility.
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    Square cross-section (38 cm below), tapering towards the top, tip probably broken off, inscriptions in German and Sorbian on the north and south sides, historical significance, also known colloquially as …
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    The site was erected in 1790, buried in 1980 and salvaged and erected again in 2009.
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    Location: Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany

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