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Electoral Saxon Postal Milestone Geithain (Direction Leipzig)

Electoral Saxon Postal Milestone Geithain (Direction Leipzig)

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Electoral Saxon Postal Milestone Geithain (Direction Leipzig)

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Location: Geithain, Landkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

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Michi LE

December 10, 2021

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A Saxon post mile pillar, colloquially also known 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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Micha🍂

September 17, 2018

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During the reign of Augustus the Strong and his successor, the Electoral Postmile pillars were erected on all important post and trade routes and in almost all cities of the Electorate of Saxony to indicate the official distances. This should provide the basis for a consistent calculation of postal charges. Since the Electorate of Saxony at that time was much larger than the present state of Saxony, such pillars are also found in Thuringia, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Poland.

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maria

July 7, 2023

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The city has two distance pillars made of Rochlitz porphyry from 1727, both on the B 7. One stands next to a converted royal Saxon milestone in the city park, …

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Elevation 250 m

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Location: Geithain, Landkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

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