The Daun war memorial is a war memorial in the Vulkaneifel district. It was originally built as a victory pyramid made of basalt stones in 1870 on the 492-meter-high weir bush near Daun. The 13-meter-high building was planned by the Daun beautification association, the forerunner of today's Eifel association.
Initially, the pyramid was to commemorate the Prussian-Austrian War in 1866. During the Franco-Prussian War in 1870/71, Lieutenant Robert Thomé made the decision to keep the names of the fallen on the pyramid and thus transform the pyramid into a war memorial. On September 11, 1873, the pyramid was inaugurated as a victory monument and two iron plaques were put up as a souvenir of the 18 fallen. The cast memorial board has the following inscription:
In memory of the glorious campaign against France, for the homeland's honor and independence in the years 1870–1871 and to commemorate the resurrection of the German Empire. The golden ball on the top was replaced by a bronze eagle, which looks west towards the former enemy France.
In 1925, two plaques with the names of the 53 fallen Dauners from the First World War were installed. After the Second World War, several iron plates bearing the names of 157 fallen were attached to the monument. The monument is in the care of the Dauner Eifelverein, who is responsible for ensuring that it is preserved as a reminder to posterity.