Apel-stones

Apel Stone in Leipzig Reudnitz commemorating General Bülow and Count Bennewitz of the second Corps of the Prussian Army

The Apel-stones, named after the writer Theodor Apel from Leipzig who commissioned them, mark important events during the Battle of Leipzig. There are 45 all in all. The lines of the French and their allies are marked with an N (Napoleon), the coalition lines with a V (for German Verbündete, allies).

External links

• Description in the Leipzig Lexicon (in German).
• http://www.sonett-archiv.de/ab/apel.htm, Poems by Theodor Apel