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Electoral Saxon Distance Column Oberwiesenthal

Electoral Saxon Distance Column Oberwiesenthal

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Electoral Saxon Distance Column Oberwiesenthal

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Location: Oberwiesenthal, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

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December 7, 2025

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The listed Saxon distance marker in Oberwiesenthal is one of the post mile markers erected in the Electorate of Saxony in the first half of the 18th century by the land and border commissioner Adam Friedrich Zürner, commissioned by Elector Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, known as Augustus the Strong. It stands in the market square of the spa town of Oberwiesenthal in the Ore Mountains district of the Free State of Saxony.

Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurs%C3%A4chsische_Distanzs%C3%A4ule_Oberwiesenthal

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Gerd

January 23, 2020

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In the 18th century, the first comprehensive European traffic control system based on Roman models was created in the Electorate of Saxony on what were then national transport routes: the …

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Rombea

August 14, 2020

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Very nice "post column" on the market square. A Saxon post mile pillar, also known colloquially as a Saxon post mile pillar, is a milestone that specifies distances and walking times to within an eighth of an hour.

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Elevation 970 m

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Thursday 16 July

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