With his sword drawn and his head held high, Hermann looks out into the vastness of the landscape. As a popular excursion destination, it attracts thousands of tourists to the Grotenburg near Detmold every year. The Hermann monument commemorates the battle in the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD and was completed by Ernst von Bandel in 1875. With a figure height of 26.57 meters and a total height of 53.56 meters, it is the tallest statue in Germany.
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Heinrich Himmler founded, for example, the German Ancestral Heritage Association (deutsches Ahnenerbe e.V.), a group that engaged in scientific research projects on the descent and characteristics of the "Aryan race".
The external stones can also be found near the Hermann. If you are not afraid of heights and are in the mood for discovery, you can also find the runes. Heinrich Himmler also felt this pleasure.
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With his sword drawn and his head held high, Hermann looks out into the vastness of the landscape. As a popular excursion destination, it attracts thousands of tourists to the Grotenburg near Detmold every year. The Hermann monument commemorates the battleβ¦
Gierse, J. (1939). Pause einer Wehrmachtseinheit bei einer Kfz-MarschΓΌbung am Hermannsdenkmal.
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