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Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg

Fire lookout tower Köthen in the Krausnicker Hills

Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg

Fire lookout tower Köthen in the Krausnicker Hills

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Location: Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg, Spreewald, Dahme-Spreewald, Brandenburg, Germany

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hansakeks

April 4, 2021

“The fire watch tower was further developed in the GDR. Master builder Marusch from Hoyerswerda built the Hoyerswerda type fire tower, which is still typical today, out of concrete and steel.
In the pulpit there was a disc with a 360 ° division and a bearing device.
When a fire was reported from two neighboring towers, the location of the fire could be localized very precisely by means of a cross bearing.
With the help of these observation towers, it was possible to constantly observe the forests in times of greatest fire risk.
This was the only way to prevent one or the other major fire.

Nowadays these fire watch towers are rarely occupied by people, because technology has also found its way here.
Cameras, originally developed for space research, now turn their 360 ° laps and constantly send new images to the forest fire control centers spread across the districts.
Trained staff sit there and evaluate the images.
And here, too, the old principle of cross bearing is used in order to pass on the location of the fire as precisely as possible to the control centers and ultimately to the emergency services. "
From: feuerwehr-forum.de/blog.php?bid=915057&id=298

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🐢Der Molli 🐢

April 18, 2019

Interesting to look at ...

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Kathrin Albrecht

March 27, 2022

Lots of rest, few hikers

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Location: Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg, Spreewald, Dahme-Spreewald, Brandenburg, Germany

Fire lookout tower Köthen in the Krausnicker Hills

1. View from Wehlaberg Tower – Pichersee loop from Köthen

2. View from Wehlaberg Tower – Pichersee loop from Groß Wasserburg

3. View from Wehlaberg Tower – Triftsee loop from Köthen

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