In 1871 a design and model for a new crown was created to reflect the new German Empire. The model was based upon the old Holy Roman Empire's Crown and was kept in the Hohenzollern museum at Schloss Monbijou in Berlin, until it disappered during World War II. It has never re-surfaced. No final Crown was ever made. However, the design was used as a heraldic device for the German Kings from 1871 unrtil Kaiser Wilhelm's abdication in 1918. Flag of the German Empire, 1871–1919: black-white-red The term German Empire commonly refers to Germany, from its foundation as a unified nation-state on January 18, 1871, until the abdication of Emperor Wilhelm II on November 9, 1918. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
The crown is used as an emblem by a group called "Tradition und Leben" ("tradition and live") that wants to have a German Emperor again. For an image see: de:Bild:Kaiserkrone Berlin.jpg (the crown on the roof of Reichstag in Berlin) Tradition und Leben e. ... The Reichstag building in Berlin was constructed as the place where the Reichstag, the parliament of the German Empire, would convene. ...
German history in the Middle Ages was strongly influenced by two opposing principles: universalism and individualism.
Charlemagne's German policy, therefore, was not a mere brute conquest, but a union which was to be strengthened by the ties of morality and culture to be created by the Christian religion.
This caused a constant state of unrest among the reigning princes and the nobles of the empire in south-western Germany.
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