For our visit to the German History Museum, we were supposed
to take two pictures from different centuries related to things talked about
in our class. I took photos of Martin Luther, and of Emperor Wilhelm I, Otto
von Bismarck, and the Imperial German Flag.
The Imperial German Flag was the one used by the Northern German Confederation.
The colors red, black, and white come from the colors of Prussia and of the
Hanseatic states, while the coat of arms for the imperial flag is the imperial
eagle bearing the Prussian eagle on its shield, and with the crown “of
Charlemagne”, that is of the Holy Roman Empire. Emperor Wilhelm I became the
emperor, the Kaiser, of Imperial Germany. Bismarck is incredibly important for
many reasons, two being he helped bring about Germany’s unification and that he
was its chancellor. Martin Luther did many things, among them translating the
Bible to German, making it accessible to many, creating a unified version of
written German, and creating Protestantism.
Flag of German Empire with Eagle
Otto von Bismarck
Martin Luther
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