Plans
In 1912, there was a plan to build a tower in honour of Kaiser Wilhelm on top of Schaumberg hill. Work was started on this, but never completed. In 1928, plans where changed. Instead of honouring the Kaiser, the tower should honour the German war dead. This plan was carried out. However, in realising it, construction flaws arose and the tower soon became unsafe to climb. In 1965, there was a new plan. A tower was to be built to honour both French and German war dead. The design on the left from French architect Jean-Marie Collin was chosen. Unfortunately, there was not enough money to build it. Instead, the tower on the right was built, a monument to uncompromising ugliness and the problems with plans.
Interesting story and great comparison. I'm glad you included both pictures side by side.
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ReplyDeleteWhat in interesting story and yes not such an attractive building.
ReplyDeleteIt's like they were looking ahead to 60s functionalism!
ReplyDeletewhoa! that's quite a painstakingly long history. ^0^
ReplyDeletegr8 shot! although, i think the former french architect had a better plan, i like the sketch. ^-^
you know what? two of the antennas on the left side are ours :-)
ReplyDeleteMartina: You mean Rheinland-Pfalz lets the Saarländer beam its telecoms signals? I think next April 1, the Saarländer should switch them around a bit.
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