Electoral Saxon Post Milestone Hoyerswerda

Set up on the market square in 1730, it was given Prussian mileage information after 1815 and had to change to the station hotel in 1895 for traffic reasons, was then placed in front of Hoyerswerda Castle in 1955 and returned to its original location on November 18, 1994. The original block of letters is in the entrance area to the museum in the castle and the original coat of arms in the Ringelnatzhaus in Wurzen.

"Copy of the distance Saxon column with postal courses and Wegentfernungsangaben.The same were set up during the reign of Augustus the Strong and his son on all major post and trade routes and in almost all cities of the Electorate of Saxony for the indication of the official distances The basis for the introduction of the Saxon postmilitary pillars were the cartographic works of the pastor Adam Friedrich Zürner from Skassa The Hoyerswerdaer distance pillar was erected on the market in 1730. It is from the road from Wittichenau (in the southwest corner) to Spremberg (in Since Hoyerswerda went to Prussia with the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the distance information of the sandstone obelisk was changed to Prussian miles, and the original lettering block stands in the entrance to the museum in the castle and the original coat of arms in the ring elanzatz in Wurzen. The column has a history of traffic history and regional history. "Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_der_Kulturdenkmal_in_Hoyerswerda

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