MAP 23.3 Expansion of Berlin to 1914
“A capital city is essential for the state to act as a pivot for its culture,” the German historian Heinrich von Treitschke asserted. No other capital city grew as dramatically as Berlin after German unification in 1871. Industrialists and bankers set themselves up in the new capital, while workers migrated there for jobs, swelling the population. The city was newly dotted with military monuments and with museums to show off its culture.