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Gauß Tower on Litberg

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Gauß Tower on Litberg

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Gauß Tower on Litberg

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Location: Sauensiek, Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany

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1. Floodplain – Gauß Tower on Litberg loop from Bargstedt

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2. Estetal Trails – Gauß Tower on Litberg loop from Regesbostel

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3. Harsefeld Monastery Park – Gauß Tower on Litberg loop from Apensen

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Der Heidjer Radler

March 18, 2017

The Litberg (Gauss Tower)
The Litberg in Sauensiek is with 65m above sea level the highest elevation in the district of Stade. The Litberg falls thanks to the astronomer and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauß a special role: on the published by the German Bundesbank on April 16, 1991 ten-mark notes on the one hand, the scientist and his heliotrope per se, on the other a map detail with the Litberg shown.

Gauss and the Litberg
From the summer of 1821 Gauss had commissioned the surveying of his kingdom on behalf of the Hanoverian king George IV. With a sextant and mirrors, together a heliotrope, Gauss and his "helpers" climbed on impassable hilltops and dilapidated church towers.With the help of heliotrope and the sun reflexes, Gauss was able to reach pinnacles and towers that were many kilometers away, but encountered problems in the North German lowlands, "where he almost misses heights," he complained. His helpers had to hit the forest to get a view. In the summer of 1823 Gauss had finally measured in extensive triangulation large parts of northern Germany - up to the then Danish Altona. The crowning achievement in the following two years would be the last missing link: the trigonometric chain - outlined on the ten-mark billet - between the endpoints of the existing Danish triangle network (Hamburg-Hohenhorn) and the easternmost leg of the Dutch degree measurement (Jever-Varel).
The Litberg played a very important role. On September 27, 1824 Gauss was delighted: "Many houses of Altona can be seen on the Litberg." The Zeven church tower was also visible from the Litberg, and the Zevener tower allowed, if the weather was fine, if not the smoke of peat bogs darkened the sky, a line of sight to Bremen.The net was knotted, the work accomplished .......
sauensiek.online2011.de/litberg.html

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Der Heidjer Radler

March 18, 2017

Carl Friedrich Gauss
Gauss was born in Braunschweig in 1777 and promoted early on by the Duke of Brunswick, who recognized his extraordinary talent. Gauss studied at the University of Göttingen and was known throughout the world for his many fundamental works in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy and geodesy and was awarded the honorary title Princeps Mathematicorum, prince of mathematicians. According to him, more than 50 laws and equations, formulas and procedures were named - among them the Gaussian normal distribution curve, until today the basis of all statistical calculations. In his late years, Gauss dealt with geophysics and geodesy. Gauss was director of the Göttingen Observatory from 1807 until his death in 1855.
In recognition of his significant work, this survey was later documented on the back of a 10-D mark bill.
Info Source: sauensiek.online2011.de/litberg.html

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Kai Strahlendorff

January 13, 2019

In nice weather you have a great all around view. Buxtehude and also Hamburg can be seen. Free entry but a strenuous climb to the covered observation deck.

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Location: Sauensiek, Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Gauß Tower on Litberg

1. Floodplain – Gauß Tower on Litberg loop from Bargstedt

2. Estetal Trails – Gauß Tower on Litberg loop from Regesbostel

3. Harsefeld Monastery Park – Gauß Tower on Litberg loop from Apensen

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