The event heralded the beginning of a new political, economic and cultural era. The German Reich was founded after Germany won the war against France. The painter Anton von Werner was an eyewitness to the event and documented it in this painting made in Wilhelm I is standing on a stage surrounded by princes. Berlin was the first capital of the German Reich.
The Reichstag's foundation stone was laid on June 9, , in a ceremony led by Emperor Wilhelm I and Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of the Reich. However, the Reichstag's construction took 10 years, and Wilhelm II put the final stone in the new building. Parliament was called to session a day after. This monument with a statue of Emperor Wilhelm I on horseback and Emperor Friedrick I was built upon the remains of the Kyffhausen Castle from around the 11th century.
Today, the castle is one of the main tourist attractions in Thuringia. The valuable furnishings of the time aimed to reflect prestige. With angular forms, elaborate decorations, curved legs with ball-like bases, chairs, grandfather clocks and mirrors often had crown-like decorations. Globally, there are around 10, places with a reference to Otto von Bismarck. Bismarck monuments were made between and and include statues of the chancellor riding a horse or depicting him as a warrior.
Former colonies of Germany also have some leftover monuments to the German statesman. Otto von Bismarck was the founder of the German Reich in As the first chancellor, he was conservative but also modern. The Bismarck monument in the Old Elbe park in Hamburg was constructed in the years between to , following plans by the architect Emil Schaudt and the sculptor Hugo Lederer. On 16 December a delegation from the parliament of North Germany arrived at Versailles to beg the Prussian king to accept the title of Emperor of Germany.
The Confederation was dissolved on the 20th, and the proclamation of the Empire was set to be delivered on 18 January in the Hall of Mirrors. Six hundred officers and all the German princes were present, except for Louis II. After the Te Deum the proclamation was read out by Bismarck, dressed in a cuirassier uniform. Following the surrender by the French army in Sedan, which marked the fall of the Second Empire, the Germans arrived in Versailles and occupied the town.
The King of Prussia took up residence in the Prefecture. The Palace was closed to the public, and the Hall of Mirrors was turned into a military hospital. The chancellor had achieved his dream, beneath the paintings by Le Brun extolling the victories of Louis XIV over the Rhine, and had got his revenge for the Battle of J ena in The Germans then made way for the deputies of defeated France.
Revise your French history with help from the artworks of the Palace of Versailles! Through our new partnership with the French American Cultural Foundation, American citizens can easily support the Palace of Versailles. This exchange between Seward and Bancroft implicitly signified a formal recognition of the North German Confederation by the United States. Following the establishment of the German Empire on January 18, , the United States recognized the new German Empire by changing the accreditation of its Minister to Prussia to become Minister to the German Empire.
On April 8, , U. President Ulysses S. Grant dated March 16, The letter from the President congratulated the Emperor on his assumption of the German throne and recognized him as the head-of-state of a federal Germany. On February 3, , U. President Woodrow Wilson had severed diplomatic relations with Germany, that the U.
Ambassador in Berlin James W. Gerrard had been withdrawn, and that the U. Following a series of attacks against American merchant ships on the high seas by German U-boats, on February, 24, , the U. On April 2, U. The history of the establishment of recognitions and relations, where applicable between the United States and the German states impacted several different areas of policy, including:.
Trade and Commerce. Although the Napoleonic period stunted the growth of industrialization in the German states during the early nineteenth century, by the s and s the industrialization process was underway, especially in areas such as Westphalia, the Rhineland, and Upper Silesia.
It was also during this time that the first railways were built in the German lands, thus facilitating the transportation of goods to and from the main ports of Hamburg and Bremen. As a result, the German states and after , the German Empire and the United States both sought to cultivate trade and commercial ties for mutual benefit. Emigration, Citizenship, and Naturalization. One point of contention between the U. In U. Minister to Prussia and the North German Union George Bancroft negotiated a series of naturalization treaties that sought to close this loophole.
See Bancroft Treaties for further information. After the creation of the Second Reich in there were questions as to whether U. Two major principles guided U.
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