Anschlussdenkmal Oberschützen, Heritage monument in Oberschützen, Austria

The Anschlussdenkmal is a columned courtyard structure with eight supports standing on a hilltop south of the town. The complex features fire bowls and measures approximately eight meters tall and twelve meters across.

Built between 1938 and 1939, the structure originally celebrated Austria's incorporation into Nazi Germany. After the war it remained standing, but in 1997 was officially repurposed as a memorial against violence and racism.

The name Anschlussdenkmal only became common after 1945; during the Nazi era it was called Grenzlandmal, Ehrenmal or Weihestätte. In 1997 the municipality added a plaque reinterpreting the structure as a memorial against dictatorship, violence and racism, for democracy, peace and human rights.

The memorial sits on a hilltop and is accessible year-round, though the terrain slopes upward. Visitors should wear sturdy footwear since the ground can be uneven and reaching the structure requires some effort.

The site was long left to informal uses: sources record campfires, solstice fires and nude photo shoots there before the municipality reinterpreted it in 1997. A plaque installed that year now carries the wording turning the structure into a memorial against dictatorship, violence and racism.