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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

August Spies Memorial

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

August Spies Memorial

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August Spies Memorial

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Location: Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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1. August Spies Memorial – Friedewald Moated Castle loop from Friedewald

5.12km

01:25

80m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Wasserburg Friedewald – August Spies Memorial loop from Friedewald

7.29km

02:01

130m

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3. Giesslingskirche – Wasserburg Friedewald loop from Friedewald

13.7km

03:47

250m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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September 3, 2023

Son of the city. Emigrated to America in the 19th century, campaigned for workers' rights in the USA and was executed for it. He was later rehabilitated.

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🇺🇦Uwe 🏃‍♂️1098🏍

September 3, 2025

Emigrant Makes Headlines in America

During the course of 1872, August Spies, then 16 years old and the son of a forester from the Hessian village of Friedewald near Hersfeld, boarded an emigrant ship to America—like approximately 115,000 other residents of the German Empire that year. Fifteen years later, he was forced to ascend the scaffold in the new metropolis of Chicago to be "hung by the neck until he died," as ordered by the jury under Judge Gary on October 9, 1886, which found him and seven other defendants responsible for the bombing of Chicago's Haymarket on May 4, 1886.
Source: museum-friedewald.de/museum/august_spies_ein_revolutionaer_aus_friedewald/august_spies___ein_hessischer_auswanderer_geraet_i.html

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Elevation 430 m

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August Spies Memorial

1. August Spies Memorial – Friedewald Moated Castle loop from Friedewald

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