The Hillers family commissioned the erection and reconstruction of the memorial with parts of the "Peters monument", which stood on the Tossen dike from 1901 to 1940. The inauguration took place on September 30, 2022 in Tossens. Hobby historian Meinhard Wefer from Bockhorn has compiled the life's work of Hans Christoph Peters. The starting point was the centuries-long removal of the jade stream that flowed in and out daily on the western dykes of Butjadingen. The storm surges regularly destroyed the newly built jade dikes. In 1836 this should be put back again. But then Peters had the idea of how to put an end to this. In addition to the usual protection of the lower foot of the dyke with stone packing, his method envisaged raising the outer berms of the dyke and also their gully edges by 1 m, but at least up to spring tide height. In this respect, normal floods could not reach the turf at the foot of the dike and increased protection. Furthermore, the embankments from the now raised outer berm of the dyke to the surface of the tideland were provided with a stone bank approx. 9 m wide. Ultimately, this dyke construction method was cheaper than permanently moving the dyke back.
This method caught on and ensured his career. In 1847 he was transferred to the residential city of Oldenburg (OL), became a dike chief, senior dike chief and chief state councillor. In 1855 he played a key role in the new dyke regulations before dying in OL in 1868.