National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument The National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument ("Kaiser-Wilhelm-Nationaldenkmal") was a memorial structure in Berlin dedicated to Wilhelm I, first Emperor of a unified Germany. It stood in front of the Stadtschloss from 1897 through 1950, when both structures were demolished by the GDR government. The monument was an equestrian statue of the first German Emperor Wilhelm I, on the Spree Canal along the Eosander portal on the west side of the Berlin City Palace. The design of the memorial was directly influenced by Wilhelm I's grandson, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and the neo-baroque style of the memorial is the
Kaiser-class ironclad from the naval register in 1906; "Deutschland" was used as a target ship before being sold for scrap in 1908, though "Kaiser" served on as a floating barracks until she was sold in 1920. The "Kaiser"-class design was prepared in 1869 by Sir Edward Reed; their construction was awarded to the Samuda Brothers shipyard in London. The ships were the last German capital ships to be built abroad. All subsequent German capital ships were built by German shipbuilders. "Kaiser" and "Deutschland" were laid down in 1871 and 1872, respectively. "Kaiser" was launched on 19 March 1874 and commissioned into the