Electoral Saxon all-mile pillar Zwönitz

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Replica of a full mile pillar in Zwönitz

The listed Electoral Saxony whole mile column Zwönitz one of the post mile column , on behalf of the Elector Frederick Augustus I of Saxony by the land and border commissioner Adam Friedrich Zürner in the first half of the 18th century in the Electorate of Saxony have been built. It is located on the old post road from Chemnitz to Schwarzenberg / Erzgeb. on the outskirts in the direction of Stollberg / Erzgeb. in the small town of Zwönitz in the western Ore Mountains in the Ore Mountains .

history

This all-mile pillar is a copy of the post mile pillar originally located not far from this point from 1724 with the number 44 on the then post road from Chemnitz to Schwarzenberg . The pillar was erected at the end of the 1990s on behalf of the city of Zwönitz, together with two other copies, a quarter milestone and a half mile pillar, and, in contrast to the original, which consisted of Greifenstein granite , it was made of Elbe sandstone with a base made of Lusatian granite .

Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 59.7 "  N , 12 ° 49 ′ 4"  E