Ruine des Schlageter-Denkmals, Schönau im Schwarzwald

Albert Leo Schlageter, sentenced to death by the French occupying forces during the 1923 occupation of the Ruhr, was elevated to the status of a martyr figure after his execution, especially by right-wing circles. The first memorials were erected starting in 1926. The "Schlageter cult" in Nazi Germany led to the erection of an estimated one hundred Schlageter memorials, of which about 20 still exist. Accordingly, streets, places, organizations and the like were often named after Schlageter. After 1945, these were gradually renamed in most cases. Most monuments exist only in rudimentary remnants or are largely unmaintained.