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Siegessaule

Siegessaule

As most of my knowledge of German is derived from music I know that 'Sieg' means Victory.

This commemorates Prussian victories, notably those in the Franco-Prussian War of 1871, which my O-Level history told me led to the Unification of Germany.

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