Paul von Hindenburg, President of the Reich. 1847-1934. First world war 1914/18: Erection of the Hindenburg monument (so-called "iron Hindenburg") on the Berlin Königsplatz (built 1914/16, 1919 dismantled, height 13 meters, diameter 3,14 m, largest circumference 9 m, material: 20 000 kg of alder, 2000 kg of iron and 6000 kg of golden, silver and iron nails). Photo, 1915.