Imperial German influence on Chile

was the first to create an experimental laboratory of psychology and inspired professors Mann and Schneider to create the first university simile in Chile under the tutelage of Wilhelm Wundt himself. and featured in a Chilean comic strip in 1906 and 1907, is based on stereotypes of Germans during a time of strong German influence in Chile. In the 19th century, the scientific community of Chile had a strong presence of German expatriates, and Germans were the second most common group of foreign engineers after the British. German scientists had prominent roles in the National Museum of Natural History and the National Astronomical Observatory in addition to having a local all-German scientific society; the Sociedad Científica Alemana de Santiago. In 1885 180 German schoolteachers arrived to Chile. Among the arrivals were the linguist Rodolfo Lenz, the geographer Hans Steffen and the pedagogists Augusto Tafelmacher and Jorge Schneider. Steffen's work about the continental divide was instrumental to the Chilean argument in the 1902 Arbitral award of the Andes between Argentina and Chile. These efforts culminated with the establishment of the Instituto Pedagógico de Santiago in 1899. ==Military emulation of Imperial Germany==

During the War of the Pacific, many high-ranking officers won valuable insights into the state of the army and became aware that the army required rebuilding. Losses, material destruction, and organizational flaws regarding strategic planning and officer training, were noted by officers like Emilio Sotomayor and Patricio Lynch, who approached President Santa María arguing the need of good schools and technical departments for the military. Another factor that supported the emulation, the deliberate systematic imitation of the military technology, organisation, and doctrine of one country by another was the danger of war with Argentina. The emulation was backed by a broad coalition of civil and military leaders. Chile hired a French military training mission in 1858, and the Chilean legation in Berlin was instructed to find a training mission during the War of the Pacific in 1881. But large-scale emulation of the Prussian Army began in 1886 with the appointment of Captain Emil Körner, a graduate of the renowned Kriegsakademie in Berlin. Also appointed were 36 Prussian officers to train officer cadets in the Chilean Military Academy. The training occurred in three phases; the first took place from 1885 to 1891 during the presidency of Domingo Santa María, the second was the post-civil-war phase, and the third was the 1906 reorganization. Körner turned his attention to a permanent institution in 1893-94 that should replace the old "Inspector General del Ejército", but with control over military affairs in peacetime and wartime. It had four sections: Instruction and Discipline, Military Schools, Scientific Works (strategic and operational planning), and Administration. ==Political influence==

Despite influence attempts by the German Empire the German community in Chile, including settlers in southern Chile, did not act as an extension of the German state to any significant degree. Indeed, Britain and Germany managed through Chilean diplomacy to have Ecuador deny the United States a naval base in the Galápagos Islands. ==See also==