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Kyffhäuser Monument

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Equestrian statue and tower (May 2005)
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The Kyffhäuser Monument depicts Emperor William I and Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa.

The monumental memorial was erected between 1890 and 1896 in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm I. It is the third largest monument in Germany and belongs to a series of Emperor William monuments which were built in his honor after his death. Apart from a equestrian statue of the Emperor and a crowned tower, which is a good vantage point, the monument also contains an image of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. According to a legend, the former emperor of the Holy Roman Empire is supposed to sleep in the Kyffhäuser and wait for the unification of Germany. So in the double monument Frederick I awakes slowly, because this unification was achieved by Emperor William I.

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51.413300, 11.108601

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51°24'47.9"N 11°06'31.0"E

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32U 646634 5697896

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99707 Kyffhäuserland OT Steinthaleben
http://www.kyffhaeuser-denkmal.de/ E-mail: info@kyffhaeuser-denkmal.de

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