Convention of Tauroggen - Overall view

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Alta Falisa

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Monument erected in 2012 at about 100 m from the now destroyed watermill ( ► File:Požerūnų malūnas – Poscheruner Mühle.jpg ) where was signed the December 30, 1812 Convention of Tauroggen (Tauragė) between the Prussian General Ludwig Yorck ( ► File:General Graf Yorck von Wartenburg statue – Bust.jpg ) and the Russian General H.K. von Diebitsch (assisted, among others, by the Prussian General C. von Clausewitz).

On February 28, 1813, the Convention was confirmed and cast in the broader Treaty of Kalisz.

A turning point in European History, the Convention triggered the beginning of the Befreiungskriege (German War of Liberation, 1813-1815) and contributed to accelerating the downfall of Napoleone Buonaparte.

An identical 2x2x2 m³ granite cube had already been erected in 1912 at the same place, at the initiative of Heinrich Yorck von Wartenburg (1861-1923), great-grandson of General Yorck von Wartenburg. It survived WWI unscathed and, even if left pitifully unattended during the 1920's and 1930's, remained a popular outing as well as an educative venue for schoolchildren. It received a severe blow at the end of WWII by soldiers of the Red Army, act of vandalism which furthered its decline : eventually, up to the four bronze spheres were stolen.

Repairing or replacing the monument could only be assessed once Lithuania regained its independence in 1990. The 200th anniversary of the Convention provided an opportunity. In 2009, the Rotary Club of Tauragė had this new monument manufactured, in Poland – having meanwhile first placed a temporary replica in light material.

Both the memorial and its upgraded site (access road, car park, information boards) have been inaugurated on February 9, 2013.

The now two-century old linden, planted contemporaneously to the commemorated event, is a tangible link to December 30, 1812, and probably the first monument to the freeing of Europe from the napoléonic régime.

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