In Freiburg the main shopping street in the town centre lately was completely restructured. At one end of this street there used to be a place called “Siegesdenkmal” (Victory Monument) located next to the “Karlskaserne” (Charles’ Barracks – built in 1773). The Siegesdenkmal was erected in 1876 to commemorate the victory of the German troops over the French in 1870/71 – in fact the last war that Germany ever won. But the monument was not to be seen on that place for several years. After the Second World War the place was transformed into a large and exceedingly ugly traffic roundabout and the Siegesdenkmal itself was erected some 150 meters west of its original location, quite out of sight really.