The Emperor William Monument, near the town of Porta Westfalica in the North Rhine-Westphalian county of Minden-Lübbecke, is a colossal monument above the Weser gorge of Porta Westfalica, the "Gateway to Westphalia". It was erected to honour the first German Emperor, William I (1797–1888), by the then Prussian Province of Westphalia between 1892 and 1896 and emerged against the background of a rising German national identity. The monument, which is around 88 metres (289 ft) high, is classified as one of Germany's national monuments.
The Emperor William Monument in 2006
Statue of William I inside the monument
The memorial circa 1909
Place card for the inauguration dinner 1896
Porta Westfalica
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Porta Westfalica is a town in the district of Minden-Lübbecke, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
View over Porta Westfalica to the Weser hills
Porta Westfalica on a postcard from 1904
Monument of Kaiser Wilhelm I