The monument was built between 1911 and 1912 on the initiative of the Thuringian Forest Association Gehren. The basic idea was to honor the deceased sovereign Karl Günther von Schwarzburg - Sondershausen, who often stayed with his wife Marie in Gehren Castle, which belonged to the sovereign.
Source: thueringer-wald.com/urlaub-wandern-winter/das-lange-berg-denkmal-fuerst-karl-guenther-denkmal-111450.html

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May 22, 2020

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The current statue has been on the base of the monument again since August 2010. It consists of painted plaster.

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The monument is accessible. Nice view from above in all directions.

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