The memorial was depicted in the Hessian country calendar of 1937 as a symbol for "the fighting, powerful and heroic defeat". A dying lion designed by Heinrich Jobst (1874 - 1943). Two broken spears or arrows are stuck in the lion's chest, the right paw is raised for the last blow. Of the two spears in the lion's chest, only one remains.

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