The Kyffhäuser Monument, also called the Barbarossa Monument, stands on the Kyffhäuser range in Thuringia, Germany, on the ruins of Kyffhausen Castle. The architect Bruno Schmitz designed it for the Deutscher Kriegerbund, which proposed it. It was built from 1890 to 1896 for William I and Frederick I.
The monument is 266 feet (81 meters) tall, with a tower of 187 feet (57 meters). Emil Hundrieser made the equestrian statue of Wilhelm I, nearly 36 feet (11 meters) high, in copper plates over an iron frame. Nikolaus Geiger carved the 21-foot (6.5-meter) sandstone Barbarossa, shown awakening. Romanesque elements echo Hohenstaufen castles.
A stairway of 247 steps leads to the tower platform for panoramic views. The nearby castle keep is open and holds two exhibitions.
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