The monument to the poet and writer Friedrich von Bodenstedt (1819 to 1892), who died in Wiesbaden in 1892, is located in the Nero Valley, to the side of the right-hand park path, and was created in 1952 by the Wiesbaden sculptor Ernst Dostal. It replaces another monument that was erected two years after the author's death, on his 75th birthday, behind the fountain colonnade (now a parking lot).

A group of dignitaries, including spa director Ferdinand Hey'l, had taken care of its financing. This bronze bust on a high pedestal, created by the sculptor Hugo Berwald from Schwerin, was moved to the Nero Valley in 1936 as it had received too little attention at its old location. In 1942, the bust was melted down as material essential to the war effort, as the city explained in 1947 in response to a request from an American descendant of Bodenstedt. A short time later, it was probably decided to replace the monument; by the end of September 1951, work was already underway. Ernst Dostal created a high rectangular memorial stone from Wrielau marble, which shows the relief of a man turned to the side in a niche. The figure, wrapped in a cloak based on an antique model, is to be understood as an ideal representation of the poet himself. The monument bears the simple inscription "To the poet Friedrich von Bodenstedt". On June 14, 1952, a few weeks after the originally planned date, the 60th anniversary of Bodenstedt's death, it was unveiled in the Nero Valley in the presence of Edlitham Renner, a granddaughter of the poet.