Emperor towers or Kaiser towers (German:Kaisertürme or Kaiserwarten) are monuments that were built up to 1918 in honour of the German emperors William I, Frederick III and Wilhelm II in the German Empire or Emperor 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

The Kaiser tower[de] in Quedlinburg is medieval.

Kaiser towers in Austria-Hungary

  • Kaiser tower (Nakléřov)[cs] Kaiser Tower on the site of the Battle of Kulm in northern Bohemia, now in the Czech Republic; after 1918 renamed the Karl Weis Tower (Karl-Weis-Warte), later demolished

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