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  2. Kyffhäuser Monument - Wikipedia

    • The Kyffhäuser Monument (German: Kyffhäuserdenkmal), also known as Barbarossa Monument (Barbarossadenkmal), is an Emperor William monument in the Kyffhäuser mountain range in the German state of Thuringia. It was erected from 1890 to 1896 atop the ruins of the medieval Kyffhausen Castle near Bad Frankenhausen. Designed by architect Brun… See more

    Geography

    The monument has a total height of 81 m (266 ft) and is located at an elevation of 420 m (1,380 ft) on top of an 800 m … See more

    History

    After the 1888 death of emperor William I, numerous memorials were erected in his honour all over Germany. The Kyffhäuser Monument had initially been proposed by the 19th century War Veterans Federation (Deutscher … See more

    Features

    A little scenic stone quarry surrounded by terraces on the east side of the monument forms the backdrop for the emperor Frederick Barbarossa sandstone sculpture created by Nikolaus Geiger (1849–1897). The 6.5 m (… See more

    Further reading

    • Gunther Mai: Das Kyffhäuser-Denkmal 1896–1996; Böhlau Verlag; 1997; ISBN 3-412-02397-3
    • Rudy Koshar: From Monuments to Traces: Artifacts of German Memory, 1870–1990; University of California P… See more

    External links

    Official website by the Kyffhäuser Tourist Association
    Kyffhäuserdenkmal (in German) See more

     
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