 Saxon milepost

A Saxon milepost (, colloquially "sächsische Postmeilensäule" or "Postsäule") was a milepost in the former Electorate of Saxony that gave distances expressed as journey times to the nearest eighth of an hour.With one hour being the equivalent of one league, this corresponds to a distance of about 566 m. The design of the mileposts varied according to the distance at which they were placed.