ɪt wʌz lˈeɪɾɚ tˈɔːɹn dˌaʊn baɪ ðə fɹˈɛntʃ ænd tɹænsfˈɜːd tə dʒˈɜːməni, ˈæftɚ fɹˈæns tˈʊk kəntɹˈoʊl ʌv mˈoʊst əv dʒˈɜːməniz fˈɔːɹmɚ kəlˈoʊnɪəl ˈɛmpaɪɚ.
It was later torn down by the French and transferred to Germany, after France took control of most of Germany's former colonial empire.