Hermann Heights Monument

Hermann Monument
Hermann Heights Monument in 2013
Hermann Heights Monument is located in Minnesota
Hermann Heights Monument
Hermann Heights Monument is located in the United States
Hermann Heights Monument
LocationHermann Heights Park,
New Ulm, Minnesota
Coordinates44°18′25.52″N 94°28′21.47″W / 44.3070889°N 94.4726306°W / 44.3070889; -94.4726306
Built1888–1897
ArchitectJulius Berndt
SculptorAlfonz Pelzer
NRHP reference No.73000965[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 2, 1973

The Hermann Heights Monument is a statue erected in New Ulm, Minnesota, United States. The statue depicts Arminius (German: Hermann), an ancient Cheruscan, but locals refer to the statue as Hermann the German. The only National Register of Historic Places property of its kind in Minnesota,[citation needed] the monument is a remembrance of the German ancestry of many Minnesotans. Visitors to the statue can climb the spiral staircase to an observation platform at the base of the statue, which commands a view of the town and the Minnesota River Valley below.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.