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Bismarck Tower Itzehoe

Bismarck Tower Itzehoe

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Bismarck Tower Itzehoe

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Location: Itzehoe, Kreis Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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1. Bismarck Tower Itzehoe – Bismarck Tower loop from Kratt

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2. Bismarck Tower Itzehoe – Idyllic Path Along the Stream loop from Itzehoe

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3. Bismarck Tower Itzehoe – Stormsteich Pond loop from Kratt

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JR56

November 29, 2020

The Bismarck Column of Itzehoe, also known as the Bismarck Tower, stands in the Steinburg district of Schleswig-Holstein. It is one of the monuments erected in honor of Otto von Bismarck and one of the eight Bismarck Towers in Schleswig-Holstein.

The Bismarck Column is one of Itzehoe's landmarks and, as a cultural monument, stands 18 meters high as an observation tower in the Lübsches Gehölz (city forest) on a Bronze Age burial mound built on the crest of a glacial terminal moraine (76 meters above sea level).

After Bismarck's death in 1898, there was a broad movement in the German Empire to erect monuments to the former Chancellor. In Itzehoe, too, a group of Bismarck supporters suggested building a Bismarck Tower in the city in 1899.

``` According to an idea of the student body, a network of so-called fire pillars should be built throughout Germany in order to light large fire bowls on them on certain days in honor of Bismarck.

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Niels-Uwe 🚶🐦☮

December 30, 2020

The scaffolding has been dismantled and the renovation has been completed. Wasn't that cheap. But donors, city, district and country raised that together.

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Wandertourist

November 8, 2022

The Bismarck Column was built from 1901, but it took 4 years to complete. It was built as a lookout tower, which is only accessible on certain dates. It is also remarkable that the Bismarck column stands on a burial mound. This dates from the Bronze Age and is one of 3 burial mounds at this point. In 1894 the burial mound had already flattened out to just 1 m.

At the Bismarck Tower there is more information about the burial mound and the tower itself. There is also a modern shelter with a view of the tower and a hiking map. A nice intermediate destination on the tour!

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Location: Itzehoe, Kreis Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Bismarck Tower Itzehoe

1. Bismarck Tower Itzehoe – Bismarck Tower loop from Kratt

2. Bismarck Tower Itzehoe – Idyllic Path Along the Stream loop from Itzehoe

3. Bismarck Tower Itzehoe – Stormsteich Pond loop from Kratt

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