Winkelried Memorial

[3] The initiative for a new monument came from Anton Albert Durrer (1793–1865), who deemed the Winkelried statue that stood on a central fountain of Stans erected in 1723 as dated[3] and on 14 July 1853 made the corresponding application to the Stans town council while also organizing a fundraising campaign for the realization of the memorial.

[4] In June 1856, a second competition on who would create the memorial was held and the models of the competing artists were sent through the different cities of Switzerland.

[5] Ferdinand Schlöth rent a larger workshop at the Via Quattro Fontane in Rome, which suited the demands for the to be realized memorial better than the one he had before.

Heinrich Moser bought the piece to offer it to the victor of the national shooting competition, which was to be held in Schaffhausen in 1865.

The work in progress received wide acclaim by the visitors of his workshop amongst whom was also Ludwig II of Bavaria.