Anton Tschechow Denkmal, Bronze monument in Badenweiler, Germany.

The Anton Chekhov monument is a bronze bust of the writer, set on the stone pedestal of 1908 on a green slope among scattered rocks in the Badenweiler park. The bust, made by Sakhalin sculptor Vladimir Chebotaryov, shows Chekhov with his collar turned up. A new walking path leads to the spot.

The first Chekhov monument in the world was unveiled in 1908 in the Badenweiler park, initiated by Konstantin Stanislavsky, who attended with P. Boborykin and A. Veselovsky. The sculptor N. Shleifer made a bronze bust, funded partly by Russian donations. At the end of World War I the bust was sent for melting down and only the pedestal remained. In 1992 a new bronze bust by Sakhalin sculptor Vladimir Chebotaryov was placed on the old pedestal, brought by Georgy Miromanov, director of the Chekhov museum on Sakhalin.

The monument's stone base keeps the inscriptions "To a good man and doctor" and "To the great writer Anton Chekhov". The 1908 opening included a memorial service, speeches by Stanislavsky and Boborykin, and a gala breakfast with music by Russian composers.

The monument stands in the spa park of Badenweiler, on the old 1908 pedestal, and a new walking path laid out for visitors leads to it. The stone still carries the inscriptions "Хорошему человеку и врачу" and "Великому писателю — Антону Чехову".

The 1908 bust by sculptor N. Shleifer was the first Chekhov monument anywhere, funded partly by Russian donations. At the end of World War I only the pedestal remained, as the bust was sent for melting down with other monuments. The stone still carries the inscriptions "To a good man and doctor" and "To the great writer Anton Chekhov".