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Electoral Saxon Distance Column Geithain (Direction Dresden)

Electoral Saxon Distance Column Geithain (Direction Dresden)

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Electoral Saxon Distance Column Geithain (Direction Dresden)

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Location: Geithain, Landkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

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1. Geithain Town Hall – Geithain Market Fountain loop from Geithain

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2. Kunzenteich loop from Geithain

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3. Promenade at the Geithain Town Wall – City Gate and Gatehouse (Stadttor mit Torhaus) Geithain loop from Geithain

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Michi LE

December 10, 2021

A Saxon post mile pillar, colloquially also known as a Saxon post mile pillar, 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 after 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 mile 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, which also includes replicas and remnants of these technical monuments that are true to the original.

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Angela 🐕

February 29, 2024

Electoral Saxon post mile column, Altdorf von Geithain

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maria

July 7, 2023

The city has two distance columns made of Rochlitz porphyry from 1727, both on the B 7.

One stands next to an implemented royal Saxon milestone in the city park, at the lower city gate (Altenburger Straße/corner of Grimmaische Straße).
The other is on the eastern edge of downtown, in the direction of Rochlitz, at the former Obertor (Dresdener Straße 14).

An original block of writing from these columns is kept in Leipzig and an original piece of coat of arms in a lapidarium in Meissen. During the last restoration in 2011, the twisted blocks of letters and coat of arms were originally aligned again.

Source: wikiwand.com/de/Galerie_der_kurs%C3%A4chsischen_Postmeilens%C3%A4ulen

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Electoral Saxon Distance Column Geithain (Direction Dresden)

1. Geithain Town Hall – Geithain Market Fountain loop from Geithain

2. Kunzenteich loop from Geithain

3. Promenade at the Geithain Town Wall – City Gate and Gatehouse (Stadttor mit Torhaus) Geithain loop from Geithain

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