The dispute over the Potsdam garrison church illustrates the abysses and crazy paths of Prussian-German military history like no other. These continuities still have an impact, as a famous anthology shows.
As a huge barracks, Prussia appeared as early as the 18th century many European observers. Prussia is not a country that an army, but an army that a country has. The perception of Prussia as a military state is still part of the Prussian image. And because the German Empire, which emerged from a war in 1871, was essentially a result of Prussian politics, the Borussian military culture also shaped the German nation state. Prussian-German militarism was not only folklore, but it shaped society, determined its sky and worked politically until the First World War.
