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That same year, Prince Leopold II gave his permission to build the monument, but only for the Grotenburg location, thereby settling the issue. Similar organisations were founded in other parts of Germany and donations started to come in. In 1837, an association called Verein für das Hermannsdenkmal was established at Detmold with the goal of funding the project, so Bandel could focus on the work of designing rather than on fundraising. He considered building it near the Externsteine, but eventually settled on the Grotenburg, locally also sometimes referred to as Teutburg or Teutoburg. : 37–39 History of the monument Īgainst this backdrop Ernst von Bandel came to the Teutoburg Forest in 1836 to put into action his life's dream of erecting a monument to Arminius. The Congress of Vienna, which re-ordered Europe after Napoleon's final defeat, disappointed hopes for a unified Germany as the princes were mostly able to retain their independent powers in the new Deutscher Bund. In this situation, Arminius served as an historical role model ("Father of the German Nation") for those willing to continue the fight against the Empire of France, which was seen as the latest successor of the Roman Empire as an external enemy (via the Medieval Popes and the early modern Kingdom of France). At that point, the old Empire had been dissolved, the Kingdom of Prussia had been defeated and partially dismembered by Napoleon and all hopes of a German Great Power emerging in the foreseeable future seemed lost. However, Heinrich von Kleist likely did most to popularise Arminius in Germany with his Hermannsschlacht (1808). : 35, 37Īrminius (or "Hermann") thus became a subject of popular literature such as Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock's three dramas on this topic (1769, 17). Reports by Roman historians on internecine fighting among the tribes were deliberately ignored.

In this regard, Arminius came to be seen as a symbol, since he allegedly had "united" the Germanic tribes. Nationalists wanted one of the German princes to unite all of Germany under a single rule. In Germany, it became entwined with the hopes of many for an end to the disunity that had ruled the Holy Roman Empire at least since the Peace of Westphalia. Equating the nation with all of its people rather than just with its rulers was a revolutionary idea at the time. Germany was among those countries where nationalism became a rising force in the 19th century as opposition to aristocratic rule increased. 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. 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. To Rome and its Emperor Augustus the loss was a catastrophe it is often called the " Varian disaster". The legions were completely destroyed, and the remains of some 20,000 Roman troops, along with Varus, were left to decay in the forest. In 9 AD, Roman-educated Arminius, a member of the Cherusci people, turned against his former Roman allies and led an alliance of Germanic tribes to defeat three legions under Publius Quinctilius Varus. When the statue was built, its location was believed to be near the original battle site, although experts now consider it more likely that the battle took place near Kalkriese, about 100 km to the north-west. The monument was constructed between 18 to commemorate the Cherusci war chief Arminius (in German, Hermann) and his victory over Rome at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD. The monument is located inside the remains of a circular rampart. It stands on the densely forested Grotenburg, sometimes also called the Teutberg or Teut, a hill (elevation 386 m) in the Teutoburger Wald (Teutoburg Forest) range.

The Hermannsdenkmal ( German for "Hermann Monument") is a monument located southwest of Detmold in the district of Lippe ( North Rhine-Westphalia), in Germany. Pedestal and base: 28.62 metres (93.9 ft) Teutoburger Wald, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyĬopper plates on iron frame, sandstone pedestal