Post milestone pillar Neustadt in Saxony
The listed post mile pillar Neustadt in Saxony is one of the post mile pillars 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 . It is a distance column decorated with a coat of arms. It is located on the market square in Neustadt in Saxony in the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district .
history
The distance column stands almost in its original location on the east side of the town hall on the market square and bears the year 1729. It stood in front of the town hall until 1888, then was removed and moved to a park in front of the imperial post office. In 1929 he was transferred back to the market square. On the Walpurgis Night in 1954, the top of the column was destroyed and later replaced. During the last restoration after a car accident, a. the original alignment of the column.
construction
The post distance column consists of Cotta sandstone and 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 (Hrsg.): Lexikon Kursächsische Postmeilensäulen. transpress-Verlag, Berlin 1989, pp. 317-318, ISBN 3-344-00264-3
Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 33.1 ″ N , 14 ° 12 ′ 55.2 ″ E