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During the “Wilhelmine” era in the German Empire (1871-1918) several large-scale prisons were planned. The evolution of those structures started in the first part of the 19th century with “castellated style”, neo-Gothic architecture of prisons (Breslau, Ratibor, Beuthen). Large prison structures (Wohlau, Gross-Strehlitz, Siegburg, Herford, Kassel, Wittlich, Neumuenster, Berlin-Tegel, Breslau - Kletschkau Strasse, Wronke, Freiendiez, Stuhm,) were also adorned with architectural neo-style costumes, related to the of...