Kreisau in the 19th century
He led the Prussian army to victories over the Austrian and French troops in the wars of 1866 and 1871 respectively. In 1867 he bought the Kreisau/Krzyżowa estate as a retirement home. Two big frescos in the stairwell of the palace in Krzyżowa still commemorate Helmuth von Moltke. Painted on the occasion of his 100th birthday in 1900, they show the capture of Lübeck by French troops on November 8, 1806 (titled "The Shame") and the triumphal procession of German troops in Paris on March 1, 1871 (titled "The Revenge"). The frescos are a reminiscent of the nationalistic zeitgeist in Germany around 1900.