ホッホキルヒ周辺のアトラクション＆必見スポット - トップ20

Here you can see the flood protection of the reservoir. Interesting location, also for children a place that you don't always see otherwise

Probably the only surviving cast iron tower... The climb is always worth it. It costs 2 € and goes through a machine... so put some change in it... the 120 steps are rewarded with a great view

Beautiful iron observation tower, bring some change to visit.

beautiful view over the reservoir

Wonderful view 👌

Nice view and close to the water

An original idea for a summit book.

Around 1850 the idea was born to build an observation tower on the Löbauer Berg. In 1853 the project took concrete shape. The appearance and financing of the building were discussed. Plans existed for a stone tower and one made of cast iron. In the end, the decision was made to use the cast iron variant. But the city fathers still had the problem of financing. Then a man decided to take the tower project into his own hands. It was the Löbau master baker Friedrich August Bretschneider (born 1805). After negotiations between him and the city council, construction could begin in 1854. From January 12, 1854, work began to cut down the space on which the tower would later stand. With a climbing tree erected at the projected tower height, the best vantage point on the mountain was found. Supporting columns were anchored eight meters deep in the rock and an octagonal scaffolding made of 80 square meters of wood was erected for the tower structure. In February, King Friedrich August of Saxony gave permission for the tower to bear his name and for the Saxon coat of arms to be attached. On the occasion of the king's 57th birthday, the iron ground anchor was solemnly installed on May 18, 1854. At the beginning of June, work began on erecting the tower. Despite the technical possibilities at the time, assembly only took two and a half months. Contrary to expectations, the construction had cost a total of around 25,000 thalers - not easy for a master baker to cope with and therefore all the more honorable. In order to earn this sum, Bretschneider would have had to bake and sell around 1.6 million kilograms of bread. The inauguration of the tower had to be postponed from August 1 until further notice because the Saxon king had traveled to the Tyrolean Alps. There he died in an accident. Overshadowed by this event, the inauguration took place on September 9, 1854. In the years that followed, the "cast iron" was enthusiastically received by guests from Germany and abroad. Bretschneider did not experience the upswing that the tower took. He died on July 22, 1863. Source; https://www.loebau.de/