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Detmold is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of 74,278. It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until
The princely castle
Hiddeser Bent, moor near Donoper Teich
Campus of the Technische Hochschule OWL (2019)
Hermannsdenkmal
Hermannsdenkmal
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The Hermann Memorial is a monument located southwest of Detmold in the district of Lippe, in Germany. It stands on the densely forested Grotenburg, sometimes also called the Teutberg or Teut, a hill i
Detmold
…About 5 kilometres (3 mi) to the southwest of Detmold is the Grotenburg hill with a prehistoric circular rampart and the Hermann monument (German: Hermannsdenkmal). The monument commemorates the so-called Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, a battle in 9 AD which may or may not have been fought close to the present…
Hermannsdenkmal
Aerial view of the Hermannsdenkmal
The Hermannsdenkmal circa 1900
The statue up close. The sword has a length of 7 meters and weighs ca. 550 kg