Saxon post mile column Frankenberg
The listed post mile column Frankenberg is one of the post mile columns that were erected in the first half of the 18th century in the Electorate of Saxony on behalf of Elector Friedrich August I of Saxony by Land and Border Commissioner Adam Friedrich Zürner . The distance column adorned with coat of arms is located on the market square of the Saxon city of Frankenberg / Sa. in the district of central Saxony .
history
The column was erected in 1725 on the market square opposite the town hall. It consists of Hilbersdorfer Porphyrtuff . For the construction of the market fountain around 1820, the column had to leave its place. In 1966 it was so desolate that a copy was made by the Frankenberg sculptor H. Thiel, which was unveiled on October 2, 1969. In the meantime, the column has returned from the park on Humboldtstrasse to the market square. However, it was set up without a base and not at a corner .
construction
Like almost all distance columns, it consists of seven parts. The base, pedestal and the crown of the pedestal form the substructure. The superstructure consists of an intermediate plate, shaft, coat of arms and tip.
literature
- Research group Kursächsische Postmeilensäulen (Ed.): Lexikon Kursächsische Postmeilensäulen , transpress-Verlag, Berlin 1989, pp. 215–216, ISBN 3-344-00264-3
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Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 45.8 " N , 13 ° 1 ′ 57.4" E