This is a Royal Saxon milestone in the form of a branch stone.
It is located here at the Oberbergische and de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alte_Freiberg-Teplitzer_Poststra%C3%9Fe junction.
It was restored in 2011.

"In the Kingdom of Saxony, the preparations for the introduction of the metric system were carried out in connection with the work of the Normal Aichungscommission and the related leading work by Albert Christian Weinlig and Julius Ambrosius Hülsse. [...] After a new measurement in 1858, a new one was made between 1859 and 1865 System of milestones - the royal Saxon milestones in the form of station, whole mile, half mile, junction and border crossing stones - created (from 1840: 1 mile = 7.5 km)." - de.wikipedia.org/wiki/course%C3%A4chsische_Postmeilens%C3%A4ule#Nachfolger

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