Bismarckturm Burg (Spreewald)

This tower was constructed during the First World War as memorial to the German fallen from this war. From 1933, it was a place for national socialist celebrations and parades and from 1944 to 1945, the Bismarckturm served as an observation and radio post for the Wehrmacht. The planned destruction of the tower in 1945 by German soldiers was prevented due to an unknown reason.

This memorial (Bismarckturm) on the Schlossberg commemorates Otto von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898). He was one of the most prominent European statesmen of the nineteenth century. He served as Prime Minister of Prussia from 1862 to 1890 and was involved in three wars including the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). He used the Franco-Prussian War to engineer the unification of Germany. Thereafter, he served as the first Chancellor of the German Empire from 1871 to 1890.

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Source

• Text: Kaj Metz & Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons