The Scharnhorst Memorial at Grossgörschen. Ceremonies take place here most years. (Photo courtesy of Ed Wimble of Clash-of-Arms)
Not far from Leipzig, the Lützen battlefield has remained largely unchanged since those dramatic events, although the southern edge of the battlefield, particularly the Allied starting point, has been subjected to strip-mining, so much so that the hill that hid the Russians and Prussians from Ney no longer exists. The village museum of Grossgörschen contains a diorama of the battle. Nearby is a memorial to the Prussian Scharnhorst, who was mortally wounded at the battle, as well as one to the battle itself, while in Starsiedel, 3 km west of Grossgörschen, there is a Prussian memorial at the entrance to the village. In Rahna is the grave of Christian Gottlieb Berger, a Prussian volunteer who died in the battle. The house in Kaja where Ney stayed on 2 May 1813 is marked with a plaque. It is at the entrance to the village on the road from Lützen. On the road from Grossgörschen to Pegau, 1 km south of Grossgörschen, near the site of the Monarch’s Hill, is a memorial to Frederick William III. In Kleingörschen is a memorial to 2nd Lieutenant Franz Wilhelm Liebknecht, a Hessian who fought with the Württembergers on Napoleon’s side at the battle. He died in combat against a Russian unit.
There are also several memorials on the Bautzen battlefield. A memorial to the dead of the battle can be found in the public cemetery in Bautzen itself. A Prussian memorial can be found on the summit of a line of hillocks 5 km to the north-east of Bautzen near the main road from Doberschütz to Kreckwitz.