Fackelträger-Säule, Cultural heritage monument in Südstadt-Bult, Germany.

The Fackelträger-Säule is a tall stone column at the northern shore of Maschsee topped with a gilded torch-bearer figure. The structure was designed as a public artwork standing along the waterfront promenade.

Senator Fritz Beindorff funded a 50,000-Reichsmark competition for the Maschsee north shore, won by sculptor Hermann Scheuernstuhl. His stele was finished in time for the lake's inauguration on 21 May 1936, but rumours of masonic symbolism meant it was officially dedicated only on 26 June 1937. The swastika, eagle and laurel wreath on the inscriptions were removed in 1945.

The column carries inscriptions with a Reich eagle, laurel wreath and swastika, the last removed in 1945. When the stele was finished, rumours spread that it showed Freemasonic symbolism, so the sculpture was officially inaugurated only later, on 26 June 1937. Since the 1990s its symbolic content has been viewed critically in public debate.

The stele stands on the Kurt-Schwitters-Platz at the northern shore of Maschsee in the Südstadt district, reachable on foot along the lakeside promenade. The site is freely accessible at all times. The nearby "Fischreiter" sculpture by the same sculptor, Hermann Scheuernstuhl, was placed close by in 1938 and can be seen on the same walk.

The 4.5-metre gilded figure weighs about 20 Zentner, roughly 1,000 kilograms, and holds its right arm raised. The column is 18.5 metres tall. Its inscriptions once carried a Reich eagle, laurel wreath and swastika; the swastika was removed in 1945.