Imperial days
Recurring visits by German emperors to Hamburg were designated as imperial days .
history
The imperial days go back to Wilhelm I. He visited Hamburg in 1868 as President of the North German Confederation and later also in his function as German Emperor. Under his successor and grandson, Wilhelm II , the Imperial Days then became a permanent fixture. They took place annually in connection with the Kiel Week and the Horner Race . They were also held on special occasions, for example on the occasion of the opening of the free port in 1888 or in 1895 when the Kiel Canal was opened .
painting
Lovis Corinth created two paintings on the occasion of the imperial days in 1911. The picture “Emperor's Day in Hamburg” can be seen today in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne . The painting "Illumination on the Alster" is privately owned.
literature
- Franklin Kopitzsch , Daniel Tilgner (Ed.): Hamburg Lexikon. 4th, updated and expanded special edition. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-8319-0373-3 , p. 379.