Demokratieglocke, Bronze memorial on Augustusplatz, Leipzig, Germany.

The Demokratieglocke is a brass-coloured bronze bell about 150 cm tall, shaped like an egg, standing on Augustusplatz in Leipzig within a granite ring. The ring carries an engraved haiku by Durs Grünbein. The design by Via Lewandowsky won the competition for the memorial, and the bell was cast in August 2009 at the Lauchhammer art and bell foundry.

The monument was erected in 2009, twenty years after the Monday demonstrations of 1989 that contributed to the fall of East Germany. Those peaceful gatherings on Augustusplatz are seen as a turning point in the path toward German reunification.

The name "Demokratieglocke" refers to the Monday demonstrations, and the bell is popularly called the "Golden Egg" — "golden" standing for the West as seen from East Germany. The egg shape recalls the saying "sich selbst ein Ei legen", to create a problem for oneself. A haiku by Durs Grünbein is engraved in the granite ring around the egg.

The bell hangs within a granite ring on Augustusplatz, about 150 cm tall and cast in bronze at Lauchhammer in August 2009. On Mondays it strikes twelve times at 18:35, the hour the 9 October 1989 demonstration began; on other days it sounds once per full hour between 8:00 and 20:00, with one to twelve strokes chosen at random. Plan around the Monday evening striking rather than the afternoon.

In spring 2013, a guerrilla art group wrapped the bell in yarn without warning, making it look like a sitting hen. This showed that the monument can still spark public creativity long after its unveiling.