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Danish milestone on Herweg

Danish milestone on Herweg

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Danish milestone on Herweg

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Location: Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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1. Lottbek Pond – Lottbeker Stausee loop from Berne

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2. Holstentor Lübeck – Lübeck Marzipan Warehouse loop from Meddewade

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3. Herrenteich Reinfeld – Trave Riverside Path loop from Lübeck Hauptbahnhof

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Detlef dpr

September 9, 2023

Since the early Middle Ages there has been brisk trade between Hamburg and Lübeck. But it wasn't until the 19th century that the roads we still know today were built. Because it was only when the Hamburg and Lübeck merchants gave up their age-old privilege of duty-free trade in goods that they received, after long negotiations, permission from the Danish King Christian VIII to build a paved road between Altona - at that time still an important town in Holstein - and Lübeck (1840), later also for the direct connection to Hamburg (1843). The Danish milestones and semi-milestones on the “Altona-Lübecker Chaussee”, today along the B75 and the B432, date from this time.

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Detlef dpr

September 9, 2023

With the completion of the new "Altona-Lübecker Chaussee" in 1841, the new "Gewind mail coach" also went into service. It shortened the travel time between Hamburg and Lübeck to just 6 ¾ hours instead of the minimum 12 hours on the previously unpaved route. With the opening of the railway connection in 1865, the steam locomotive gave way to the mail coach. She needs just 1 ½ hours for the same distance.

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Detlef dpr

September 9, 2023

Denmark took over the maintenance of the roads and received customs revenue from the movement of goods. Why Denmark? The King of Denmark was also Duke of Schleswig and Holstein at this time. But national affiliation was complicated because the duchies were also part of the German Confederation. After the German-Danish War (1864), the duchies of Holstein, Schleswig and Lauenburg were annexed by Prussia (1867) and combined as the province of Schleswig-Holstein.

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Danish milestone on Herweg

1. Lottbek Pond – Lottbeker Stausee loop from Berne

2. Holstentor Lübeck – Lübeck Marzipan Warehouse loop from Meddewade

3. Herrenteich Reinfeld – Trave Riverside Path loop from Lübeck Hauptbahnhof

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