Emperor William Memorial Church

(Local Name: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche) Adjoining the modern church (by Egon Eiermann, 1959-61) stands the 63m/207ft-high ruined tower of the old Neo-Romanesque Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche in Berlin's Charlottenburg district, built in 1891-95 (architect Franz Schwechten) in honor of the Emperor William I, which was destroyed in an air attack on Nov. 23, 1943. Years after the war, the question arose of demolishing the stump of the tower and building a completely new church. However, the Berliners wanted to retain their old church, or what remained of it. Accordingly, Egon Eiermann incorporated the ruined tower in the new complex he designed, consisting of a blue-glazed octagon and a hexagonal tower (with