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Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Rudolstadt

Bismarck Tower Rudolstadt

Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Rudolstadt

Bismarck Tower Rudolstadt

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Bismarck Tower Rudolstadt

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Location: Rudolstadt, Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany

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1. Fröbelblick Viewpoint – Barop Tower loop from Volkstedt-West

17.4km

05:03

440m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Zeigerheim Church – Zeigerheim Village loop from Rudolstadt (Thür)

12.8km

03:34

230m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Bismarck Tower Rudolstadt – Bismarckturm Rudolstadt loop from Volkstedt

4.65km

01:24

160m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Jag2ooo

May 7, 2016

Well, a real tower is not that - more like a mini-edition ruin - but you have a magnificent view, which is almost all day in the sun. Ideal for a picnic or sunbathing.

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Erdbeergiraffe 🍓

May 6, 2021

The former Bismarck tower on the Zeigerheimer Berg near Rudolstadt originally served as a pillar of fire. For the inauguration in 1899, a fire could not be lit because the concrete had not yet hardened. In 1950 the building was renamed the Geschwister-Scholl-Turm by the unit of the border troops of the GDR stationed in Rudolstadt (unofficially). Around 1970 the tower's fire boiler was still preserved. The tower has been a victim of vandalism for a number of years, although the building now looks more like a ruin.

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HELLI

September 19, 2023

Anyone expecting a real tower will be disappointed.
But anyone who is interested in the history of the Bismarck Towers simply has to see it.
It is the oldest Bismarck tower in the world!
You can read more about this on the internet.
There is now also a brochure about it:
Astrid von Killisch-Horn: The Bismarck Tower in Rudolstadt, 160 pages, paperback, ed. from the Friends of the Bismarck Tower Rudolstadt in the Kulturbund e.V. Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district association, Rudolstadt 2023; € 19.95, available from the author and the publishing association.

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Elevation 410 m

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Location: Rudolstadt, Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany

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Bismarck Tower Rudolstadt

1. Fröbelblick Viewpoint – Barop Tower loop from Volkstedt-West

2. Zeigerheim Church – Zeigerheim Village loop from Rudolstadt (Thür)

3. Bismarck Tower Rudolstadt – Bismarckturm Rudolstadt loop from Volkstedt

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