To realize the project, the committee came together with some influential Aachen citizens, under the chairmanship of retired Gerichtsassessor Robert Oskar Julius von Görschen (1829-1914).

On 26 April 1904 the city council voted to support construction under the motto "...des nationalen Gedankens wegen wie auch der Festigung und Erhaltung der Eintracht unserer Stadt“, which translates roughly to, "To the idea of nationhood, as well as for the strengthening and preservation of the unity of our city".

The Aachen Bismarck Tower was designed by Georg Frentzen (1854-1923), and was built after obtaining permission from the company Boswau & Knauer in Berlin.

Above the lower level sits the actual tower, 9.8 meters high, square and made up of four stories, arranged in the stylized form of the letter "B".

The topmost segment of the monument consists of a 5 Meter high ducal crown originally constructed with a mounted Globus cruciger, instead of the customary brazier normally associated with Bismarck towers.