Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Cologne District
Kreis Düren
Langerwehe
Bismarck Monument
Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Cologne District
Kreis Düren
Langerwehe
Bismarck Monument
Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 194 out of 203 hikers
This Highlight is in a protected area
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Location: Langerwehe, Kreis Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
"... Otto von Bismarck is one of the most dazzling personalities in German history. Thanks to his" blood and iron "war policy, Prussia achieved undisputed supremacy in continental Europe. He became a popular hero and the first German Chancellor.
He delivers his famous "Blood and Iron" speech to the most important political body, the budget commission of the Prussian state parliament. In it Bismarck says: "Germany does not see Prussia 's liberalism, but rather its power ... Prussia' s borders under the Vienna Treaties are not favorable to a healthy state life. Great questions of the time are not decided by speeches and majority decisions, but by Iron and blood."
Bismarck has thus laid his cards on the table: war seems to be the right means for him to achieve Prussia's dominance ... "
planet-wissen.de/geschichte/persoenalien/otto_von_bismarck_der_eiserne_kanzler/index.html
June 4, 2020
On the Kaiserallee you will find some statues. Not only from Otto v. Bismarck but also the German Emperors.
January 16, 2022
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