Hermannsdenkmal
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Hermannsdenkmal
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| Coordinates | 51°54′42″N 08°50′22″E / 51.91167°N 8.83944°ECoordinates: 51°54′42″N 08°50′22″E / 51.91167°N 8.83944°E |
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| Location | Teutoburger Wald, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Designer | Ernst von Bandel |
| Type | Monument |
| Material | Copper plates on iron frame, sandstone pedestal |
| Height | 53.44 metres (175.3 ft) Pedestal and base: 28.62 metres (93.9 ft) Figure: 24.82 metres (81.4 ft) |
| Beginning date | 1838 |
| Completion date | 1875 |
| Opening date | 1875 |
| Dedicated to | Arminius ("Hermann") |
The Hermannsdenkmal (German for "Hermann Monument") is a monument located southwest of Detmold in the district of Lippe, (North Rhine-Westphalia) in Germany. It stands on the densely forested Grotenburg, a hill (elevation 386 m) in the Teutoburger Wald (Teutoburg Forest) range. The monument is located inside the remains of a circular rampart. The hill is sometimes also called the Teutberg or Teut for short.
The monument commemorates the Cherusci war chief Arminius (in German, Hermann) and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in which the Germanic warriors under Arminius defeated three Roman legions under Varus in 9 AD. At the time it was built, the location of the statue was believed to have been very near the actual site of the battle, though it is now considered to be more likely that the battle actually took place near Kalkriese, a considerable distance to north west of the monument.
In 9 AD, Roman-educated Arminius, a member of the Cherusci, turned against his former allies of the Roman Empire and an alliance of tribes under his leadership defeated three Roman legions commanded by Publius Quinctilius Varus in what became known as the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
This event later came to be seen as a vital turning point in Middle-European history as it may have been instrumental in limiting the advance of the Roman Empire into Germania. In the 16th century, Arminius was (mis-)translated into German as Hermann in the writing of Ulrich von Hutten (1529) and this name became established.
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