page_title: Niederwalddenkmal
section_title: Inscription
hierarchical_section_title: Niederwalddenkmal / Description / Inscription
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Niederwalddenkmal
context_page_description: The Niederwalddenkmal is a monument located in the Niederwald, near Rüdesheim am Rhein in Hesse, Germany. Built between 1871 and 1883 to commemorate the Unification of Germany, the monument is located within the Rhine Gorge, a larger UNESCO World Heritage Site. The monument overlooks the Rhine Valley and the town of Bingen on the far side.
context_section_description: The monument's main inscription is engraved on the pedestal of the Germania statue:
  ZUM ANDENKEN
  
  AN DIE EINMUETHIGE
  
  SIEGREICHE ERHEBUNG
  
  DES DEUTSCHEN VOLKES
  
  UND AN DIE
  
  WIEDERAUFRICHTUNG
  
  DES DEUTSCHEN REICHES
  
  1870–1871
  In memory
  
  of the unanimous
  
  victorious uprising
  
  of the German People
  
  and of the
  
  reinstitution
  
  of the German Empire
  
  1870–1871
caption: Niederwalddenkmal ca. 1900
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