Kriegerdenkmal Trotha, War memorial in Trotha district, Halle, Germany.

Kriegerdenkmal Trotha is a red sandstone obelisk on a cube-shaped base at Denkmalsplatz in the Trotha district of Halle (Saale). The square takes its name from the monument. Names of the fallen are carved on the sides: Friedrich Wilhelm Christel (1866) on the left, and Albert Hermann Boost, Friedrich Wilhelm Knaust and Carl August Müller (1870/71) on the right. The monument and its inscriptions are weathered.

The memorial was initiated by the Kriegerverein zu Trotha and built from red sandstone as an obelisk on a cubic base. It names the fallen: Friedrich Wilhelm Christel (1866) and Albert Hermann Boost, Friedrich Wilhelm Knaust and Carl August Müller (1870/71). Adrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha, born in 1848 and a participant in both wars, may have been a reason for its construction.

The inscriptions display biblical passages and dedications to fallen soldiers, with names recorded on different sides of the monument. These writings show how the community expressed grief and respect for those who died.

The memorial stands on Denkmalsplatz, the square named after it, in the Trotha district of Halle (Saale). The weathered sandstone obelisk and its inscriptions are best read in daylight, since the lettering has eroded. The nearby St. Briccius church is a separate site; its World War I memorial, dedicated in 1926, was demolished in 1947.

The square itself was named after the memorial and has been called Denkmalsplatz since then, showing how deeply this monument influenced local identity. This naming connection makes it a geographic and cultural reference point for the neighborhood.