The church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, of Puerto Varas, was declared a National Monument for its architecture of neo-Romanesque style and is built entirely of native wood. It was built between 1915 and 1918 by Edmundo Niklitschek with Bernardo Klenner. Its architecture was inspired by the Marienkirche Church of the Black Forest, Germany, thus constituting a symbol of German colonization in southern Chile.