Milestone (Altweidenbach)

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Prussian milestone near Obhausen

The milestone of Altweidenbach is a landmarked milestone in the area of ​​the district Altweidenbach of the municipality Obhausen of the association municipality Weida-Land in Saxony-Anhalt . The milestone is entered in the local cultural monument register under registration number 094 65595 as a small monument and in the local soil monument register with registration number 428300278 as a soil monument.

The Obhausen milestone is a Prussian all-round milestone. It is located approx. 200 meters outside the village in the direction of Schafstädt on the northern edge of today's Landstrasse 172 , which was a former Chausseestrasse of the Kingdom of Prussia . From this time only the milestone Obhausen and a bell in the courtyard of Querfurt Castle have survived. The distance information on the milestone can still be seen. From the milestone it is half a Prussian mile to Querfurt and a Prussian mile to Schafstädt. As a special feature of other full milestones, there are metal rings on the back, the function of which has not yet been explained.

Web links

Commons : Distance stone (Altweidenbach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt
  2. ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture February 25, 2016 Printed matter 6/4829 (KA 6/9061) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt
  3. ↑ Ganzmeilenstein Altweidenbach , Saalekreis in the picture, accessed on October 1, 2018

Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 55.9 "  N , 11 ° 40 ′ 2.1"  E