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Hermann Heights MonumentArminius (Hermann der Cherusker)17 BC-21 AD a chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe who commanded an alliance of Germanic tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, (Wikipedia) |
Alphons Pelzer & W.H. Mullins Company
1897 |
In F.L. und T. errichtet von den Hermanns-Söhnen der Vereininten Staaten zur Ehren ihres großen Vorfahrens Hermann |
NATIONAL - GROSS - BEAMTE Ex N. Gr. Praes. fritz dickroeger. N.Gr. Praes. paul gebhard. 1. N. Gr. Vice-Praes. Josef Santa. 2. N. Gr. Vice-Praes. albert paegel. N. Gr. Secr. richard schaefer. N. Gr. Schatzm. conrad w. walther. — GROSS - BEAMTE v. MINNESOTA Ex. Gr. Praes. F. C. Neumeier Gr. Praes. paul haesecke. Gr. Vice-Praes. wm. foelsen. Gr. Secr. herm. cirkler Gr. Schatzm. e.f. lemke. — GR. VERWALTUNGSRATH. christ. figge. gust. pflaum ed. hammer — DIRECTORIUM - RATH herm. schnell. herm. vogt carl herrmann. john kunz —
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Unter der Leitung des Bau-Comites H. Orlemann Wm. Theobald Alb. Steinhauser Julius Berndt Architekkt [!] — Begonnen 1885 Vollendet durch Baumeister Wm. Foellen Enthüllt ANNO DOMINI 25 Sept. 1897 |
Erinnerung an Karl Bachmann den Pionir. Sänger. Patriot. Soldat. Geb. in Weiden in Saxen am 29. Dez. [1837] Gest. in Young Amerika Minn. am 5 Sept. 1889 |
Gewidmet in F. L. & T. Zum Andenken an AUGUST ZIEGLER, MORITZ WALTER, HEINRICH ORLEMANN, HEINRICH GUTHUNZ, L. KOHLMANN, E. RICHTER, K. NÄHER, EDWARD HAMMER, & OTTO WEIS, Gründer der Washington Loge, No. I O.D.H.S. im Yahre 1870, in St. Paul, im Staate Minnesota. |
1897 Erinnerung an der Grundung des Schweizer Bundes 1291 |
zum andenken an JOH. CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH v. SCHILLER, an den herold der freiheit auf geistigem FRAU BERTHA GEBSER, new ulm, may den 9ten 1905. |
NB:
"In F. L. und T." = In Freundschaft, Liebe und Treu, trans. In friendship, love and fidelity
O.D.H.S. = Order der Hermann's Söhne
(N.) Gr. (Vice)Praes] = (National) Grand (Vice)-President
Schatzm. = Treasurer
HERMANN MONUMENT
Hermann (Arminius) of the Cherusci tribe led several German tribes(Hermann Denkmal) in battle against their Roman conquerors in 9 A.D., and defeated them in the hills of Teutoburg Forest near present Detmond. To later unified Germany, Hermann symbolized liberty and unity. In 1874 Ernst Von Bandel completed a colossal German Monument dedicated to Hermann near the Teutoburg site. As a project of the National Sons of Hermann Lodges in the United States, Julius Berndt, New Ulm architect and county surveyor, conceived the building of a similar monument half the size in New Ulm. Local Lodge No. 21 acquired the New Ulm site in 1885 and named it "Hermann Heights." Berndt completed the base and cornerstone in 1888. Alphonso Pelzer, of Salem, Ohio, created a plaster model 32 feet hight. W.H. Mullins Company made the statue in copper sheet sections: abutting edges were riveted to metal strips, part of the interior bracing. The interior framework was produced by Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works. The 32 feet statue arrived boxed at New Ulm in 1890. Inadequate financing though slowed the monument construction, some lodges protesting assessment because of the site: "a secluded country place somewhere in the wilds of Minnesota." In 1894 the statue was mounted on the pedestal above the uncompleted monument where, with an overall height of 102 feet, it was "plainly seen from Sleepy Eye and other neighboring towns." Completed in 1897 the dedication was a three day celebration. Total monument cost was about $24,000. With persistent effort by Otto Oswald and other local Sons of Hermann, New Ulm was given the monument and site in 1929. In 1972 Hermann Monument became a registered Minnesota Historic Site; in 1973 it was designated a Registered National Historic Place. lmk
erected 1976 by brown county historical society with the otto oswald memorial fund
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Known officially as the "Hermann Heights Monument" (and unofficially as "Hermann the German"), the New Ulm Hermann has a total height of 102 feet. The statue itself is 32 feet tall and is constructed much like the Statue of Liberty, with hammered copper over an iron armature.
In 2000 the U.S. Congress designated the Hermann Heights Monument to be an official symbol of all U.S. citizens of German heritage.
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