Kaiser tower
Emperor towers or Kaiser towers are monuments that were built up to 1918 in honour of the German emperors William I, Frederick [III, German Emperor|Frederick III] and William [II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II] in the German Empire or for Emperor Franz [Joseph I of Austria-Hungary|Franz Josef] in Austria-Hungary.
The construction of these towers was also intended to counter the so-called Bismarck cult which had resulted, for example, in the erection of hundreds of Bismarck towers and columns.
Kaiser towers in Germany
- Kaiser Tower on the Neunkircher Höhe in the Odenwald
- Kaiser Tower (Wernigerode) on the Armeleuteberg near Wernigerode
- Kaiser Tower on the Steinberg near Goslar
- Kaiser Tower in Quedlinburg, since converted into a residence
- Kaiser Tower in Hirschberg (Riesengebirge)
- Kaiser Tower near Leutenberg in Thuringia
- Kaiserwarte near Blankenburg (Harz), renamed the Wilhelm Raabe Tower
Kaiser towers in Austria-Hungary
- Kaiser Tower on the Nollendorfer Höhe, after 1918 renamed the Karl Weis Tower, later demolished