You are standing at the edge of a clearing. The sound of birdsong can be heard from the surrounding forest. The sun breaks through the green tree tops, gently moved by a pleasant gentle breeze. Suddenly a many-voiced, melodious singing starts up... This, or similar to this, is how it really used to sound here because we are on the so-called "Singers' Square", which already attracted numerous singers in the 19th century. Since 1843, a "singing festival" took place here, where "all the song panels", as it says in old descriptions, of the Duchy of Oldenburg were performed. Every year at Whitsun, the local men's choral society would sing in this clearing. In reference to this old tradition, meetings for singing together still take place today.

The place is especially marked by the archaic, appealing, and romantic column that is placed here. Old Rastederners still remember that the original column remains from the church of the former Benedictine monastery, which was demolished in 1759, used to stand here. However, to protect these unique historical testimonies from vandalism, the columns were moved to the private palace garden of the grand ducal family during the 1950s. The column that stands here today dates from 2009. On the occasion of the 950th-anniversary celebrations in Rastede, the Friends of the Palace Park put up an original replica of one of the old columns on this spot. This is an atmospheric reminder of the old Rastede Monastery, to whose property a large part of today's Schlosspark once belonged.