The monument commemorates the Kraus Uprising in 1705 and was erected in 1905 for the 33-year-old master butcher from Kelheim. From 1704, Kelheim was under Austrian occupation; Kraus, however, confronted the occupiers in 1705, threw them out of the town and, as "town commander", demanded full support from the council and citizens. However, opinion was divided among them. Kraus capitulated - on the condition of an honorable withdrawal and mercy for the citizens. Things turned out differently: the troops fell upon the Kelheimers and Kraus himself was beheaded and quartered in Kelheim in 1706.
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