After the conversion to a new length of the mile, namely 7.5 km, in the Kingdom of Saxony in 1840, the remeasuring of the roads and the erection of new distance stones, called royal Saxon milestones, did not begin until 1858 by order of the Saxon Ministry of Finance. Station stones mark the starting point of a survey. Some were triangular in special cases. [1] Milestones and half-milestones were set up along the road at the indicated distances. A branch stone was set up at the branching off of a side street on which a postal route ran from a main street. Border crossing stones marked the borders of Saxony. The production from Cottaer sandstone and installation took place 1859–66. Characteristic are the cast iron crowns, which vary in size depending on the type, on these milestones, which were to be painted in the color of sandstone. From 1875 on, the metric system was in force in the German Empire. The milestones were history. This conversion to the metric system often led to the redesign of the milestones with corresponding changes to the information on the milestones. Compared to the Saxon post mile pillars, the stones from the middle of the 19th century are rather unadorned. This is one of the reasons why they were not regarded, preserved and cared for as monuments everywhere.

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Michi LE

November 7, 2021

is located directly behind the bus stop (on the map)

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