Although this tower on the Loh is in the optics of the widespread Bismarck towers, it is much smaller and cannot be climbed. From the open space you still have a beautiful view of Kirn, the Kirn Dolomites and Wartenstein Castle.

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The Bismarck Column in Kirn an der Nahe in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate was built in honor of the first German Chancellor, Prince Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898). The tower, planned by the architect Wilhelm Kreis (1873–1955), stands on the Gauskopf south of Kirn, is twelve meters high and was inaugurated in 1901.

The Bismarck Column in Kirn an der Nahe was built on a square floor plan. The tower itself is also square in design, although the massive effect is softened by three-quarter columns at the corners of the tower body. The main building materials used were basalt and melaphyr.

The Bismarck Column is divided into four parts: The lowest part is an approximately two meter high pedestal with a square base of nine by nine meters. At the back of the pedestal there is a door through which one can enter the interior and climb up metal rungs to the top of the column.

The base of the column, which is also around two meters high and is divided into two levels, stands on the podium. The lower level has a square area of around 5.5 by 5.5 meters and a height of around half a meter, the upper level is around four by four meters and almost one and a half meters high.

The actual tower body, around five and a half meters high, rises above the base floor. It is set back slightly from the base floor and rounded off at the corners by three-quarter columns. The front is decorated with a bronze Bismarck relief that was created by the sculptor Robert Cauer (1863–1947) from Bad Kreuznach. It shows the former Reich Chancellor in a profile view from the right side.

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