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Thuringia, the green heart of Germany. Current Events 7–9 June: This year's "Thuringia Day" takes place in Sondershausen. More than 150,000 visitors are expected. News in Thuringia Featured Articles Article of the Month Postal milepost in Neustadt/Orla in Thuringia A Saxon postal milepost (German: kursächsische Postmeilensäule, 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. They were hewn from natural stone into the shape of an obelisk, an ancient herma or a stele. Their prototype was the Roman milepost. From its German name römische Meilensäule the rather inaccurate German description of Säule (lit.: "column") was derived. The Saxon head postal director (Oberpostdirektor), Paul Vermehren, brought about their inception based on official distance surveys, whose results were given in leagues on the post mileposts. A league in Saxony at that time (1722 to 1840) was meant to be an hour's journey, equivalent to half a mile or 4.531 kilometres. Saxon postal mileposts were set up during the reign of August the Strong and his successor along all important postal and trading routes and in almost all towns in the Electorate of Saxony to indicate the official distances. This was intended to be the basis for the creation of a unified calculation of postal charges. Because the territory of the Electorate of Saxony was larger than that of the present-day German state of Saxony, these mileposts are nowadays also found in the states of Thuringia, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, as well as in Poland. ↪ more Article management | Featured articles on English Wikipedia: please list featured articles here Featured articles on German Wikipedia Apolda – Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – Peasants' War Panorama – Meiningen Theatre – Oberhof DKB Ski Arena – Erfurt Cathedral – Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus – Friedrich Nietzsche – Goetz Cave – Gotthard Neumann – Grabeiche – Inselberg Ski Jump – Johannisberg (Jena-Lobeda) – Justus Jonas the Elder – Nietzsche Archive – Kyffhausen Imperial Castle – Oberhof bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track – Ruhla – Ski jumping arena in the Kanzlersgrund – Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen – Thuringian Ski Jump – Ancient and Proto-historical collection of the University of Jena – Petersberg Citadel More featured articles Good articles on English Wikipedia: please list good articles here Good articles on German Wikipedia Altenburg – Bachhaus Eisenach – Bad Liebenstein – Vesser Valley-Thuringian Forest Biosphere Reserve – Carl Zeiss – Caspar Schmalkalden – Christian Friedrich Hunold – Erfurt – Bilzingsleben (Paleolithic site) – Halle-Kassel railway – Ilmenau – Jena – Kölleda – Buchenwald concentration camp – St. Mary's Church, Mühlhausen – Meiningen – Olaf Ludwig - Paul Schneider – Richard Wetz – Battle of Jena-Auerstedt – Severikirche (Erfurt) – Gotha Observatory – Thuringia – Kapellendorf Castle – Zeulenroda-Triebes New or Significantly Reworked Articles Show all new articles created in the last 7 days (using Wikipedia:CatScan, or watch the waiting time) edit History Main article on the History of Thuringia 1455 Abduction of the Saxon Princes - 16th century The Reformation - 1525 Battle of Frankenhausen - 1806 Battle of Jena–Auerstedt - 1817 Wartburg Festival - 1920s Weimar National Assembly - 1937–45 Buchenwald concentration camp Other articles Geography Districts (including county towns where the name is different from the district): 1. Altenburger Land (Altenburg) 2. Eichsfeld (Heilbad Heiligenstadt) 3. Gotha 4. Greiz 5. Hildburghausen 6. Ilm-Kreis (Arnstadt) 7. Kyffhäuserkreis (Sondershausen) 8. Nordhausen 9. Saale-Holzland-Kreis (Eisenberg) 10. Saale-Orla-Kreis (Schleiz) 11. Saalfeld-Rudolstadt (Saalfeld/Saale) 12. Schmalkalden-Meiningen (Meiningen) 13. Sömmerda 14. Sonneberg 15. Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis (Mühlhausen) 16. Wartburgkreis (Bad Salzungen) 17. Weimarer Land (Apolda) Towns and cities: Eisenach - Erfurt - Gera - Jena - Suhl - Weimar - List of towns and cities in Thuringia Rivers and lakes: Saale - Werra - Unstrut - White Elster Mountains and hills: Harz - Kyffhäuser - Rhön - Thuringian Forest - Thuringian Slate Mountains Infrastructure: A4 - A9 - A38 - A44 - A71 - A73 - Leipzig-Altenburg Airport - Erfurt Airport - Mitte-Deutschland-Verbindung other articles Culture Peasants' War Panorama Literature: Weimar Classicism - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Friedrich Schiller - Johann Gottfried Herder - E. 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