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With no separation of Protestant church and state of Prussia, William II officiated as the summus episcopus ( Supreme Governor of the Evangelical State Church of Prussia's older Provinces, as it was named since 1875 ) and the state paid the complete construction cost of 11, 5 million Marks.

At long, wide and tall, it was much larger than any of the previous buildings and was considered a Protestant counterweight to St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

On 27 February 1905 the present building was inaugurated.