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Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen (b.1815 Schönhausen, d.1898 Friedrichsruh) became known as the founder and first chancellor of the German Empire. In 1862 he was appointed Prime Minister of Prussia by King Wilhelm I. In the same year he also obtained the post of Foreign Minister. From 1867 on, he was Chancellor of the North German Confederation. After the victory of Prussia in the French-German War of 1870/1871 and the proclamation of Wilhelm I as first German Emperor Bismarck served as Chancellor of the Empire until 1890. He is nicknamed the Iron Chancellor ("der Eiserne Kanzler"). He was made the Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen in 1865, and in 1871 became Prince (Fürst) of Bismarck. Upon his dismissal in 1890 he was made the Duke of Lauenburg, although he never used this title (and even returned any mail adressed to him under this title).
Two ships of the German Imperial Navy, as well as a battleship from the World War II era, were named after him. Also named in his honour were the Bismarck Sea and Bismarck Archipelago (both near the former German colony of New Guinea), as well as Bismarck, the state capital of North Dakota. Numerous statues, monuments and so-called 'Bismarck towers' were erected in his honour. The following glasses in this collection show some of these monuments:
The following Monuments for Otto von Bismarck are depicted on glasses of this collection:
Bismarck towers: |
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Apolda |
Aš |
Bensheim |
Brandenburg an der Havel |
Göttingen |
Gubin |
Morhange |
Netzschkau |
Osterwieck |
Salzgitter |
Spremberg |
Bismarck monuments:
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Berlin |
Chemnitz |
Großenhain |
Hamburg |
Magdeburg |
Zeulenroda-Triebes |
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Ships:
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Fürst Bismarck |
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other:
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Celje |
Crimmitschau |
Graz |
Naunhof |
Neustadt an der Orla |
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