The Gyrowheel Monument in

Schönau an der Brend Schönau an der Brend (, ) is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality with 1,378 inhabitants located in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld in northern Bavaria, Germany. The municipality comprises two villages: Schönau an der Brend and Burgwallbach. ...

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Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

, is a monument to the invention of the gym wheel by

Otto Feick Otto Feick (4 July 1890 in Reichenbach-Steegen, Reichenbach – 17 October 1959 in Schönau an der Brend) was a German people, German inventor and gymnast. Biography Feick was born in 1890, the son of a cooper. He worked as a locksmith a ...

in 1926. It consists of an artificial stone hill with a gyrowheel on the top. Under the gyrowheel is a small fountain.

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Monuments and memorials in Germany Buildings and structures in Rhön-Grabfeld {{bavaria-struct-stub