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The neoclassical monument was built by the Karlsruhe architect Friedrich Weinbrenner and the sculptor Landolin Ohmacht in 1800 in memory of the Napoleonic general Louis Charles Antoine Desaix. A sarcophagus-like structure with a surrounding frieze in the Hellenistic style, which shows scenes from the general's battles, sits above a high sandstone base with a memorial plaque. The helmet of a hoplite stands on the cantilevered lid. The National Socialists dismantled the monument in 1940. It was erected at its current location around 1960. The park is also a listed building.
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