[4] Historic Coat of Arms Plaque – European Old Trade Route Crossroads
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Description
At this point in the Middle Ages, two old important transcontinental traffic and trade routes met, the Via Regia and the Old Salt Road (Via Salaria). The Via Regia, leading from the Middle Rhine to Silesia, crossed the Mulde floodplain at Wurzen Castle and ran north of the Wurzen market on the high plateau eastwards until the 13th century.
The street "Altstadt" marks their course in the city area to this day. Since 2003, the Ecumenical Pilgrimage (Way of St. James) in Wurzen and the Wurzen region has been using the old route of the Via Regia.
An old Salt Road from Halle to Prague also used an old Mulde ford between Püchau and Wurzen and reached the eastern high terrace here, from where it passed Wurzen Castle and continued south through the later city area (Eilenburger Gasse - Markt - Wenceslaigasse).
The course of this old trade route is described by Ibráhim ibn Ya´qùb, a Jewish merchant from Cordoba, Spain, circa 973.
POIs
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[1] Catholic Sacred Heart Church
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[2] Historic Building – City Hall
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[3] City Park of Wurzen
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[4] Historic Coat of Arms Plaque – European Old Trade Route Crossroads
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[5] Historic Coat of Arms Plaque at the Former Eilenburg Gate
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[6] Historic Building – The Golden Eagle
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[7] Market Square
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[8] Ringelnatz Fountain on the Market Square
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[9] Old Town Hall at the Market Square
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[10] Old City Jail in the Town Hall Courtyard
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[11] Historic Coat of Arms Plaque on the Old City Wall
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[12] Reclining Bench
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[13] Museum of Cultural History featuring the Ringelnatz Collection
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[14] Bishop’s Palace Wurzen
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[15] St. Mary’s Cathedral
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[16] Old Custody Building – Birthplace of Lichtwer
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[17] Historic Building at 5 Cathedral Square
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[18] Historic Coat of Arms Plaque at the School Steps
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[19] Mill Towers of the "Wurzener Krietschwerke"
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[20] Post Gate of the Electorate of Saxony
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[21] Historic Coat of Arms Plaque of the Gaudlitz Family / Posthof above Postgasse
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[22] Birthplace of Ringelnatz
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[23] Historic Building – Birthplace of Schöttgen
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[24] Historic Coat of Arms Plaque – Art Nouveau Ensemble Rahn Houses
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[25] Wettin Column
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[26] St. Wenceslai Town Church including the Tower Keeper’s Residence
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[27] Post Mile Column
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[28] Park Grounds – Old Cemetery
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[29] Historic Coat of Arms Plaque – Soldatenwinkel
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[30] Plague House on the Old Cemetery
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[31] War Memorial on the Old Cemetery
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[32] Bismarck Tower on Wachtelberg, Dehnitz
