Memorials and monuments in Löbau

In 1896|97 the citizens of Löbau created a magnificent wind-protected entrance to the Löbauer Berg with hundreds of species of trees, shrubs and flowers under the guidance of Sperling, the park director of Görlitz, who was most famous at the time.

In August 1899, on the occasion of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 150th birthday anniversary, the stone was erected by the Literary Association. At the same time, the mountain path leading from the lower end of the border path to the quadrangular circular section was given the name Goetheweg.

The Humboldtverein Association was founded in 1865 in order to awaken a sense of natural philosophy and promote scientific undertakings. Therefore, the idea of building a weather column was born in 1887, which was finally completed in 1889. The city of Löbau provided space on the promenade. The base is made of Upper Lusatian blue granite and the column of white fine sandstone Warthauer. This column was brought back to life in 1996 on the initiative of the Löbau Tourism Association.

A monument to Emperor Wilhelm I was inaugurated at the foot of the Peace Grove in 1905. The larger-than-life copper bust of the emperor was dismantled at the end of the Second World War and is considered lost. In front of the memorial, a beautiful flowerbed was laid out, which still invites visitors to linger.

In 1921|22 military associations and the Evangelical-Lutheran Church Council asked the City Council to create a war monument. The city council announced at that time that the financial situation did not allow it. In the following years the building committee proposed to the city council several possible places to build the monument. In May 1927, the city councillors decided to provide space for the monument free of charge, as well as adequate budgetary resources.

In 1933 a memorial stone was placed on the promenade from the savings of young people from the Protestant parish to commemorate the 450th birthday of Martin Luther. The inscription on the Luther Stone is: "Let us wake up, dear Germans, and fear God more than the world. Young people from Löbau parish."

At the monument built in 1903 to the left of the Löbau Stadium of Youth, the basalt stones from Löbau Hill and the cannonballs from the battle at Ebersdorf stand out. It was created by the Kriegerverein Association to commemorate the events of 1813. Russian and Polish soldiers rest here.

On 9 September 1813, French, Polish and Napoleonic troops were fighting Russian troops south of Löbau. The year before, French and Russian troops had already been passing through and quartered there. On 26 March 1813, Marshal Blücher stayed in Löbau.

The obelisk can be seen from afar. The monument rises from a hill of stones on our mountain to a height of 13 metres. Granite steps lead from three sides to the gallery of Schönlinder basalt columns enclosed by mighty chain pillars. Four pillow stones made of synite were placed on top. Nowadays, only one still exists with the quotation from Schiller's William Tell.