![]() 82,000 cubic metres (107,000 cu yd) of land was moved 26,500 granite blocks were used and the project resulted in a total cost of 6,000,000ℳ (54,759,977€ in 2023), the monument was finished in 1913. ![]() Thieme financed part of the construction as well, and for his complete dedication to the project, he was named an Honorary Citizen of Leipzig. The chosen construction site was the spot where Napoleon ordered the retreat of his army. The project was commissioned to Bruno Schmitz, due to his previous works at the Kyffhäuser. The following year, the city of Leipzig donated a 40,000-square-metre (9.9-acre) site for the construction. In 1894, he founded the Deutsche Patriotenbund (Association of German Patriots) which raised, by means of donations and a lottery, the funds necessary to construct the monument for the 100th anniversary. Interested in resuming the project, Thieme, who was also a member of the Apollo masonic lodge, proposed the project during a meeting and gained the support of his fellow masons. Clemens Thieme, a member of the Verein für die Geschichte Leipzigs (Association for the History of Leipzig) learned during a meeting of the association about the past plans to build a monument. In 1863, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the battle, a foundation stone was placed, but the memorial was not built. Architect Friedrich Weinbrenner created a design for the monument that ultimately was not used. Among the supporters of the project, author Ernst Moritz Arndt called for the construction of a "a large and magnificent (monument), like a colossus, a pyramid, or the cathedral of Cologne". In 1814 proposals to build a monument to commemorate the battle were made. ![]() Napoleon was forced to abdicate and was exiled to Elba in May 1814. Napoleon's army was defeated and compelled to return to France while the Allies invaded France early the next year.
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