6 April 2018 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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The Kyffhäuser Monument (German:
Kyffhäuserdenkmal), also known as Barbarossa Monument (
Barbarossadenkmal), is an
Emperor William monument within the
Kyffhäuser mountain range in
Thuringia. It was erected in 1890–96 at the site of medieval
Kyffhausen Castle near
Bad Frankenhausen. The Kyffhäuser Monument is the third-largest monument in Germany, after the
Monument to the Battle of the Nations (
Völkerschlachtdenkmal) commemorating the 1813
Battle of Leipzig and the
Emperor William Monument at
Porta Westfalica, both of which also were designed by architect
Bruno Schmitz (1858–1916).
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