Saxon postal mileage column Strehla
The listed post mile column Strehla 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 . It is located on the market square of the Saxon town of Strehla in the district of Meißen .
history
The column was erected in front of the Oschatzer Tor in 1729 . It consists of Cotta sandstone from the region around Pirna and was moved to the market square after the gate was demolished in 1848. Later it was to be sold to a stone dealer in the course of the paving of the square. After the lords of the castle objected, the column was moved to the castle square. In 1961, the heavily weathered column was completely renewed, and the following year it was put back on the market in front of the town hall. In 1992 another restoration took place.
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. 383–384, ISBN 3-344-00264-3
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Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '8.96 " N , 13 ° 13' 34.31" O