Zöllner monument

On the occasion of Schiller's 100th birthday, he conducted twenty singing societies in a celebratory concert. After Zöllner's death, these singing societies joined together to form the "Zöllnerbund", which existed until 1945. In addition to numerous compositions and choral collections, the setting of the song "Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust" (Walking is the Miller's Joy), for example, in its version for male choirs, became one of the best-known German hiking and folk songs.

Zöllner died in Leipzig in 1860 and is still considered a key figure in the Central German male choir scene of the 19th century. In honor of this German musician, the Zöllner Monument was erected in Leipzig in 1868. Rosental built.