500px provided description: The Kyffh?user (German pronunciation: [?k?f?h??z?]), sometimes also referred to as Kyffh?usergebirge, is a hill range in Central Germany, located on the border of the state of Thuringia with Saxony-Anhalt, southeast of the Harz mountains. It reaches its highest point at the Kulpenberg with an elevation of 473.4 metres (1,553 ft). The range is the site of medieval Kyffhausen Castle (Reichsburg Kyffhausen) and the 19th century Kyffh?user Monument; it has significance in German traditional mythology as the legendary resting place of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. (Wikipedia) [#monument ,#statue ,#history ,#column ,#manueline ,#stone carving ,#pediment ,#Kaiser Wilhelm ,#Harz ,#Kyffh?user]