After the defeat of Napoleon, nationalist fervor in Germany prompted artists and intellectuals to glorify ancient “Germanic” heroes like Hermann the Cheruscan (better known by his Romanized name, Arminius), legendary victor over the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE. This design is from the Prussian architect and city planner Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841), who was instrumental in turning Berlin into an impressive capital city after the Napoleonic Wars. While Schinkel’s monument was never built, a famous monument to Arminius was eventually constructed near Detmold between 1838 and 1875, paid for by donations from patriotic Germans.