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•November 16, 2019
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The inscription on the base tells of the reason for the erection of the monument:
“In 1618, April 20th, on the Friedewalde at local
the most translucent elector to Saxony and Burggraf
Magdeburg Mr. Johan George the first contemporary Wolff
beset and shot to which memory nuts the most highly thought
His churf. Durchl. Make this Waldtzeichen and
get upright "
The last wolf is said to have been seen in Friedewald in 1750.
Source: weinboehla.de/weinboehla/content/18/20101109144708.asp
•April 26, 2025
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The Wolf Memorial commemorates a hunt in 1618 when a particularly large wolf was killed.
Due to war damage, the original wolf figure was replaced with a copy in 1950. The Wolf Memorial, which had been severely damaged by weathering, was re-erected as early as 1672.
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