Kyffhäuser Monument

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.

Kyffhäuser Monument
Kyffhäuserdenkmal
Central tower and equestrian statue of Emperor William I
51°24′47″N 11°06′35″E
LocationSteinthaleben community, Thuringia, Germany
DesignerBruno Schmitz
MaterialCopper plates on iron frame, red sandstone
Height81 metres (266 ft)
Completion date1896
Dedicated toWilliam I, Frederick I

Designed by architect Bruno Schmitz (1858–1916), it is the third-largest monument in Germany. Schmitz has also designed the two largest memorials, the Monument to the Battle of the Nations, that commemorates the 1813 Battle of Leipzig and the Emperor William Monument at the Porta Westfalica.

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