The unveiling of the Staufer stele in Castel Fiorentino gave rise to the desire for another stele on the ruins of the Staufer's ancestral castle. Within a year and a half, this stele was unveiled on Hohenstaufen to mark the 750th birthday of Konradin, the last Hohenstaufen.
Konradin was born on 25 March 1252 at Wolfstein Castle near Landshut and was executed in Naples on 29 October 1268. As the last legitimate male heir from the Hohenstaufen dynasty, he left behind a significant legacy.
At that time, however, it was not yet foreseeable that over thirty Staufer stelae would be erected in five European countries within a few years, including in places that were rather unimportant for the history of the Staufers.
The stele measures 88 centimetres wide and is 2.75 metres high from the top edge of the plinth. These dimensions make it 10 per cent larger than all other stelae, which emphasises the outstanding importance of this mountain as the namesake of the Staufer dynasty. It is the only Staufer stele that is not made of Jura travertine, but of Apulian Trani marble.
