Denkmal, Memorial on the Altenberg in Bad Kissingen, Germany

The Sisi-Denkmal is a rock group of foundling stones on the Altenberg in Garitz, a few metres behind the round temple. It carries a cast metal plaque with a portrait of Empress Elisabeth, made by the Württemberg metalware factory after a model by Emanuel Gerhart. The planting around the plaque was designed by royal spa gardener Wolfgang Singer.

Two months after Empress Elisabeth's death in 1898, court photographer Jacques Pilartz proposed a memorial in Bad Kissingen, where she had often taken cures. A committee formed in 1904 planned a simple stone, but the project grew: a romantic rock group was set on the Altenberg, a spot where the empress liked to walk, a few metres behind the round temple. The memorial was unveiled with coverage by the local Saale-Zeitung.

The monument marks a spot on the Altenberg where Empress Elisabeth, called Sisi, liked to walk during her spa stays in Bad Kissingen. After her death in 1898, a committee had a romantic group of boulders set up here, unveiled with the Vienna orchestra playing the Austrian anthem and a folk tune.

The memorial stands on the Altenberg in Garitz, a few metres behind the round temple, reached on foot along woodland paths. The rock group and tablet are outdoors and unenclosed, so they can be viewed at any time of day.

The memorial is not a statue but a group of boulders on the Altenberg, a few metres behind the round temple, where Empress Elisabeth liked to walk. A metal plaque cast by the Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik in Geislingen an der Steige carries her portrait, modelled by Emanuel Gerhart of Reichenberg. The planting around the plaque was done by royal spa gardener Wolfgang Singer.