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Bismarck Tower on Zelená Hora

Bismarck Tower on Zelená Hora

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Bismarck Tower on Zelená Hora

Name: Bismarck Tower on Zelená Hora
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Location: Karlovarský kraj, Severozápad, Czech Republic

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1. Cheb Castle Walls – Bismarck Tower on Zelená Hora loop from Cheb

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2. Bismarck Tower on Zelená Hora – World War I Memorial Winden loop from Pechtnersreuth

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03:14

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3. World War I Memorial Winden – Bismarck Tower on Zelená Hora loop from Pechtnersreuth

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02:35

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

April 27, 2025

The Bismarck Lookout Tower on the 641-meter-high summit of Zelená hora (Green Mountain) is one of only three such towers in the Czech Republic and the last to still bear the name of the former German Chancellor in its official name. The tower was built in 1909 on the site of an earlier wooden lookout tower and named after Otto von Bismarck. This was a time when Bismarck watchtowers, columns, and mounds were being erected throughout German-speaking Europe. There are around two hundred such structures. The other two in the Czech Republic are located on Háj near Aš and on Tanečnice near Mikulášovice.

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Söhni 🏃

May 11, 2017

On 03.10.1909 the Bismarckturm was solemnly inaugurated. A procession of about two thousand citizens moved from the Kaiser-Joseph monument through the town of Eger to Grünberg. After the Second World War, the building was in the restricted military area and was forgotten. The tower was also increasingly covered by trees and was no longer recognizable from the German side. Until the end of August 2001, it was not officially known in the German-speaking area that this Bismarck tower was still preserved. The building was completely renovated by June 2005 for two million crowns. The obstructive trees in the observation area of the tower were removed. The 100th anniversary of the tower was celebrated on 20.06.2009.
Opening hours: from 01.04. until 31.10. daily from 09:00 to 18:00

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

April 27, 2025

In addition to the Bismarck bust, which once stood above the entrance but has since disappeared and been replaced by the Cheb city coat of arms, the building is decorated with ancient Germanic symbols. On the walls of the stairwell are 43 granite slabs with carved runic inscriptions. These add to the tower's mystery, but contain no mystical messages, merely dedications to Cheb's citizens, praises of Bismarck, and the anti-Slavic and anti-Semitic nationalist Georg Ritter von Schönerer.

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Location: Karlovarský kraj, Severozápad, Czech Republic

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1. Cheb Castle Walls – Bismarck Tower on Zelená Hora loop from Cheb

2. Bismarck Tower on Zelená Hora – World War I Memorial Winden loop from Pechtnersreuth

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