Triangulation pillar (Wahnsdorf)
The triangulation pillar in the district of Wahnsdorf is a listed surveying pillar within the Saxon city of Radebeul . It can be found at the address Altwahnsdorf 12, which belongs to the headquarters of the State Operating Company for Environment and Agriculture (BfUL) and the former Wahnsdorf weather station .
description
On the Wahnsdorfer Kuppe (contemporary: "Kuppe des Stadthübels on the footpath to Boxdorf") in the area of the former weather station Wahnsdorf and near the highest point of the Lößnitz at 249.4 m above sea level. NHN is a triangulation pillar (at a height of 246 m above sea level ) made of Laußnitz granite, which defines one of the 122 trigonometric points of the Saxon land surveying in the 19th century . It is the 2nd order station with station number 64 .
The column was erected in April 1866 by Friedrich Robert Helmert on a piece of land owned by the Wahnsdorf landowner JG Fickler; the measure cost 154 marks. The column foundation, which sits on the rock, consists of two base and two upper layers; to protect the base of the column, it was surrounded by a cone of earth. The originally visible height is given as 2.2 meters. The attached cover plate serves to protect the upper measuring surface.
The inscription of the so-called Nagelschen column (after the Saxon professor for geodesy August Nagel , whose assistant Helmert was) reads: “Station WAHNSDORF der Kön. Saxon. Triangulation 1865. "
The column was restored in 2012 through the initiative of the Wahnsdorf home association.
literature
- Volker Helas (arrangement): City of Radebeul . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Saxony, Large District Town Radebeul (= Monument Topography Federal Republic of Germany . Monuments in Saxony ). SAX-Verlag, Beucha 2007, ISBN 978-3-86729-004-3 .
- Dietrich Lohse: 150 years of “Nagelsche Säulen”. Another anniversary in 2012! In: Preview & Review; Monthly magazine for Radebeul and the surrounding area. Radebeuler monthly books e. V., July 2012, accessed January 18, 2015 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Large district town of Radebeul (ed.): Directory of the cultural monuments of the town of Radebeul . Radebeul May 24, 2012, p. 4 (Last list of monuments published by the city of Radebeul. The Lower Monument Protection Authority, which has been based in the Meißen district since 2012, has not yet published a list of monuments for Radebeul.).
- ^ Dietrich Lohse: 150 years of "Nagelsche Säulen". Another anniversary in 2012! In: Preview & Review; Monthly magazine for Radebeul and the surrounding area. Radebeuler monthly books e. V., July 2012, accessed January 18, 2015 .
- ↑ Information according to the information sign next to it.
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 9.5 ″ N , 13 ° 40 ′ 31.1 ″ E