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Electoral Saxon Post Mile Column Roßwein

Electoral Saxon Post Mile Column Roßwein

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Electoral Saxon Post Mile Column Roßwein

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Location: Roßwein, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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☀️🔵⚪️🔵⚜️Ralph2011⚜️🔵⚪️🔵☀️

April 11, 2023

Originally made of wood. These wooden columns weathered very quickly, which is why Elector Friedrich August ordered the use of stone postal columns for the first time on September 12, 1721. The erection of post miles columns and the improvement of the traffic structure brought about an economic upswing in Saxony.

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maria

February 16, 2023

It survived the great city fire in 1806 and was removed when the town hall was renovated in 1862. Since that time she has disappeared.
When the cemetery forecourt was redesigned in 1994/97, the old cemetery wall had to be knocked down, and parts of the pillar came to light after 130 years. On these parts, location information and travel hours could still be seen. After years of research and funding through grants and donations, a replica of the post mile post could be re-erected at the old location in July 2000 by the local history association in Roßwein.
It consists of sandstone, was assembled from eight individual parts, is 5.07 meters high and weighs 4.5 tons including the base.
Source: rosswein.de/tourismus/postmeilensaeule

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Torsten

January 9, 2022

"A Saxon post mile column, colloquially known as a Saxon post mile column or just a post pillar, is a milestone that indicates distances and walking times down to an eighth of an hour. The design of the stones varies depending on the distance for which they stand". In this case it is a large spacer column.
"The electoral Saxon postal mileage columns were set up on all important postal and trade routes and in almost all cities in the Electorate of Saxony during the reign of Augustus the Strong and his successor to indicate the official distances. This should create the basis for a uniform calculation of postal fees." - de.wikipedia.org/wiki/course%C3%A4chsische_Postmeilens%C3%A4ule#Distances%C3%A4ule

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