In 1809, eleven Prussian officers who had joined an uprising against Napoleon were shot.
The simple, classicist monument commemorates the shooting of the eleven Schill officers. On the city side, it shows the mourning Borussia and the approaching goddess of victory at the altar of the fatherland. On the altar adorned with the Prussian eagle lies the axe of judgment, over which Victoria holds a wreath, transforming martyrdom into victory. Below it are the names of the eleven officers.
On the side facing away from the city, the Prussian eagle is enthroned above eleven stars and the motto: “They died as Prussians and heroes on September 16, 1809.”
It was cast in Berlin iron by August Kiss according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel and erected on March 31, 1835 at the place of execution and burial of the Schill officers in the Lippe meadow.
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