The Grunewald Tower in Berlin was designed by Franz Heinrich Schwechten in Brick Gothic Revival style. The rural district of Teltow ordered it in 1897 as a memorial to Emperor Wilhelm I. It was built from 1897 to 1899 and opened on June 9, 1899 as the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Turm. It was renamed Grunewaldturm in 1948.
The tower is 180 feet (55 m) tall, with a viewing platform at 118 feet (36 m) reached by 204 steps. It stands on the 259-foot (79 m) Karlsberg hill. Inside is a domed memorial hall with a marble statue of Wilhelm I by Ludwig Manzel, four iron reliefs and neo-Byzantine ceiling mosaics by August Oetken.
Structural damage to the staircase closed it in October 2007, and it reopened after renovation lasting until Easter 2011. It has a viewing platform, restaurant and beer garden. The article gives no hours.
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