Theurer Christian Monument – Radegast Church loop from Radegast
Theurer Christian Monument – Radegast Church loop from Radegast
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Theurer Christian Monument – Radegast Church loop from Radegast
01:15
19.2km
20m
Cycling
Hard bike ride. Great for any fitness level. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 9, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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2.76 km
Zehbitz Church
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6.74 km
Salzfurtkapelle Church
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13.3 km
Evangelical Church Löberitz
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17.6 km
Theurer Christian Monument
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The monument was erected in the baroque architectural style in 1688 to commemorate the fortification of the dam through the Fuhne lowlands between Radegast and Zörbig. It consists of a 5 m high substructure with a square base, each side of which is around 2 m long. It consists of a quarry stone foundation, a sandstone base and a shaft made of plastered bricks and a sandstone cornice. The tower, which is around 4 m high up to the top of the ball, is made of red sandstone and is divided into a pedestal, a pyramid and finally a large ball. The monument has little figurative decoration, but has the lavish decorations on the inscriptions typical of the Baroque era.
The Fuhnedamm fortified a previously swampy section of the trade route from Magdeburg to Leipzig. It was mentioned for the first time on October 21, 1475, but did not withstand the stress in the long term. Repairs and fortifications were probably not carried out for centuries because three states bordered each other - Anhalt-Köthen, Anhalt-Dessau and Electoral Saxony - which apparently made no attempt to agree on how the work should be carried out.
It was only Duke Christian I of Electoral Saxony-Merseburg who decided to renew the Fuhnedamm, although no obstacles were put in his way from the Anhalt side. The dam was finally fortified between 1683 and 1685. The roadside monument was built three years later in honor of Duke Christian.
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Radegast Church
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On January 6, 1752, the church tower collapsed. The school teacher's wife and two children were fatally injured. Reconstruction work began in the same year, but this time in massive construction. In 1803, a belfry for two bells was installed in the tower. The two bells were a donation and come from the castle chapel in Gröbzig. Already 30 years after the new church tower was built, there are reports that the tower dome is once again in disrepair.
A cannon was given to the parish in 1871 for the purpose of casting a bell. In 1872/73 the two existing bells were remelted into the "small" bell and the gun into a "large" bell. Both bells were put into use in 1873. Due to increasing maintenance costs for the church, which existed until 1874, combined with the high cost of renovation and the fact that the community had grown so large that the existing church building was no longer considered sufficient, the church was closed in 1874 Decision made to demolish the old church and build a new church.
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18.4 km
Hamburger Wasserwerke Manhole Cover
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19.2 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
9.49 km
5.82 km
2.92 km
976 m
Surfaces
9.97 km
4.13 km
3.71 km
1.36 km
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