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Michi LE
October 27, 2022
Hiking
After the conversion to a new length of the mile, namely 7.5 km, which took place in the Kingdom of Saxony in 1840, it was not until 1858 that the Saxon Ministry of Finance ordered the roads to be remeasured and new distance stones to be set up, which were called royal Saxon milestones.
Source: dewiki.de/Lexikon/Galerie_der_k%C3%B6niglich-s%C3%A4chsischen_Milelensteine
Source: dewiki.de/Lexikon/Galerie_der_k%C3%B6niglich-s%C3%A4chsischen_Milelensteine
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Torsten
May 8, 2022
Cycling
"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, branch 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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