Bismarck Column (Waldshagen)
The Bismarck column Waldshagen (called "Bismarck column at Vierer See", "Bismarck column Plön" or "Bismarck column Plön-Waldshagen") is a "Bismarck column" or a " Bismarck tower " near Waldshagen in the municipality of Bösdorf , district of Plön in Schleswig-Holstein . It stands on a small hill in a small piece of forest east of the southern tip of the Vierer See , around three kilometers south-east of Plön .
It is one of the eight Bismarckian columns in Schleswig-Holstein and one of the numerous monuments erected in honor of Otto von Bismarck .
The column erected by the owner of the Waldshagen estate was inaugurated on July 29, 1913.
description
The Bismarck Column Waldshagen is a round tower with a diameter of around 6 m and originally 26 m high, which was built on the outside from prefabricated, carefully hewn elements made of natural stone (gray granite ) and inside from bricks . The entrance to the Bismarck Column is accessed via a staircase and adorned by a high portal. For decoration, the tower has a cornice in the middle from which parts of the natural stone have broken out. In addition, the outside is loosened up by a few small windows and not smoothly hewn, slightly protruding stones. At the top there is a relief with the inscription "UNSERM - BISMARCK - DEM - GROSSEN - DEUTSCHEN". Above it, the column tapers like a dome, an earlier structure, which carried a fire bowl, is missing.
Others
The Waldshagen Bismarck Column is located on private property and cannot be entered or climbed. The entrance is partially walled up and closed by a metal door.
swell
- Bismarck Tower Plön at bismarcktuerme.de
- Jack Reese: Lookout and monument towers in Schleswig-Holstein , Ascheberg (Holstein) 2008 (the height is mentioned on the publisher's homepage: [1] ) (information on the height)
Coordinates: 54 ° 7 ′ 17.9 ″ N , 10 ° 26 ′ 48.3 ″ E