"My point of departure is the Prussian soldier: here there is true convention, here there is compulsion, earnestness, and discipline, in matters of form, as well...For some it is almost mythic: it has its origin in the strict disciplining of the Body, and in the scrupulously fulfilled demands of duty".
(Nietzsche, Nachlass 29[119], 1873)

That says it all; - did he ever shave off that Bismarck moustache?No, he grew it to become a Superbismarck: more Prussian than the Prussians.The Superman is somewhat ... Prussian, don't you know!