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[27] Post Mile Column

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Due to the ordinance of November 1, 1721, the three pillars prescribed for construction were erected in Wurzen in 1724. One at the Eilenburger Gate, another in front of the Jacob Gate and a third at the Wenceslai Church. The locations were determined by the calculations of Pastor Adam Friedrich Zürner, who was commissioned by the Elector for this task. The costs and responsibility for the erection rested with the local authorities. A 1724 mandate stated that anyone who damaged or toppled a column (which had happened frequently until then) was to be taken into fortress custody or otherwise severely punished. As a rule, the columns were 8 cubits (4.53m) high, and their appearance can be traced back to the state architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann. All three pillars erected in Wurzen were removed and broken up at the end of the 19th century. In 1977, however, the base of one specimen was found in Machern Park. As a result, this post mile pillar was painstakingly reconstructed and re-erected in 1984. Since then, this impressive witness to time, as a monument, can be found at its original location, the intersection of Crostigall / Wenceslaigasse.