Construction time: 1937, inauguration on 7.7.1937 at 8:30 p.m. as the highlight of the festival week on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Mehlis 1862 e.V. gymnastics club.

Client: Turnverein Mehlis 1862 e.V.

Design: Willi Bauer, club leader

Management of the masonry work: Franz Nocke, with his helpers master bricklayer Würtz and bricklayer's assistant Neupert

Sculpture: Wilhelm Morlock

The monumental-looking memorial stone in the shape of a truncated pyramid, adorned with a portrait of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, and its outdoor facilities were erected by members of the gymnastics club on a voluntary basis. The only costs incurred were for cartage, stone carving and demanding bricklaying work. In 1961, the facility was restored by the gymnastics club and provided with new inscription plaques. The view of the town and the Thuringian Forest mountain range is impressive.
The monument was erected in memory of the initiator of the German gymnastics movement Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778-1852), also known as "Turnvater Jahn".