Editing Teutoburg Forest (section)

== Hermann's Memorial and the renaming of the Osning ==
[[File:Hermannsdenkmal (09).jpg|thumb|The [[Hermannsdenkmal]]]]
[[Arminius]] (also known as Hermann the [[Cherusker]]), leader of the [[Germanic tribes]] during the battle, became something of a legend for his overwhelming victory over the Romans. During the period of national renaissance in the wake of the [[Napoleonic Wars|Napoleonic wars]], German people saw him as an early protagonist of German resistance to foreign rule and a symbol of national unity.

A monumental statue of Arminius commemorating the battle, known as the [[Hermannsdenkmal]] (the "Hermann monument"), was erected on the hill of Grotenburg near [[Detmold]], close to the site where the most popular theory of the time placed the battle. Emperor [[Wilhelm I of Germany|William I]], the first ''[[Kaiser]]'' of the unified [[German Empire]], dedicated the monument in 1875. In order to create a [[nationalism|national]] landscape the Osning Hills were given the name "Teutoburg Forest", ''see also [[Teutons|Teutonic]]''. The first to use that name had been historian and geographer [[Philipp Clüver]] in 1616, later it became more common when [[Ferdinand of Fürstenberg (1626–1683)|Ferdinand of Fürstenberg]] used it in his history and had it printed on maps. However, the old name survived among the local population and the part of the ridge around the [[Ebberg (Bielefeld)|Ebberg]] ({{cvt|309|m|ft|disp=or}}) near [[Bielefeld]] is still known as the Osning today.

The [[composer]] [[Johannes Brahms]] liked to take walks in this forest during his stay in [[Detmold]].
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