The date of August 3rd 1807, had an important meaning for this spot. It is the birthday of Friedrich Wilhelm III. About that the diary of the "Oberhofmeisterin" contains the following note: » August 3rd birthday of our well beloved King . . . In the evening the Queen in Tauerlauken offered tea with music, the cannons were fired and everything was very pretty.« For the memory of this beautiful celebration a simple obelisk was set up under the "Luiseneiche" with a signpost whose label was: » For the memory of August 3rd, 1807«.
This obelisk is dilapidated. But for the memory of this historical time, the embellishment organization had let erect a monument beneath the Luisen-oak, made of foundlings, and built tightly into cement. An about one meter high stone with the relief of Queen Luise's portrait was added, which has at the front the following inscription: For the memory of August 3rd, 1807. On the back: Renewed by the embellishment organization on August 3rd, 1900. The rock is greenly ivy-clad, and iron grids surround the monument.
The birthday of the Princess Charlotte, the later wife of the Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, was also celebrated with a tea here on August 12th of that year, which the king gave to the royal children. Due to that this site, especially the spot next to the Luisen-oak as well as even the oak, had reached their own consecration. This consecration in formerly times was permanently obtained because members of the royal house frequently made visits here. Indeed the important visitors have been at that place in Memel nearly regularly, and they accepted refreshments which were served, or they also allowed that a festive tea was given to them. They never forgot to pick up branches of the Luisen-oak, which then frequently were put on the coffins of King Friedrich Wilhelm III and Queen Luise.
Also the Emperor Wilhelm II has gone to this place when he honored Memel with his visit on August 25th, 1890, and accepted a bouquet of branches of the Luisen-oak most graciously.
The majesties' preference for this place during their stay in Memel in 1807 is easy to explain. Firstly the Sandkrug Inn stood at a deserted dune at that time, and the plantation and Försterei weren't available, and secondly: Tauerlauken indeed has an extraordinary charming position. And the vista from the towards the Dange widens "Königsplatz", across the river and up to the fields and to the country road is of an attraction of its own, so that the Memelers, who are regaled in every respect, nowadays also frequently visit Tauerlauken not only because of its historical memory, but also for its idyllic situation. Organizations and pupils like to celebrate their events there. A walk also may be recommended, which leads through the park to the bridge across the Dange river, with the pretty sight towards the picturesque banks of the river. Incidentally: an inn is located in Tauerlauken too.