Bismarck Tower (Altenburg)
| Bismarck Tower in Altenburg | ||
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| place | Altenburg | |
| architect | Alfred Wanckel | |
| Construction year | 1914-1915 | |
| building-costs | 40,000 marks | |
| height | 33 m | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 58 '9.8 " N , 12 ° 25' 49.1" E | |
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| Observation tower , 108 steps to the observation platform | ||
The Bismarck Tower Altenburg is a lookout tower built between 1914 and 1915 in the south of the eastern Thuringian skat and residence town of Altenburg on Zwickauer Strasse. The Bismarck towers erected all over Germany are reminiscent of Imperial Chancellor Otto von Bismarck , who was venerated as the initiator of the founding of the Empire in 1871. In 1948 the building was renamed the Tower of Youth . After the fall of the Berlin Wall , the building was officially renamed the Bismarck Tower .
history
The financial basis for a planned Bismarck monument was formed in 1897 by a donation from the Altenburg cigar manufacturer Edmund Schmidt (1845-1924) amounting to 20,000 marks . In 1908 the Herzog-Ernst -Wald was created, today's city forest. The architect and high-ranking Saxon-Altenburg building officer Alfred Wanckel (1855–1925) then designed an observation tower with a portico, which is modeled on the towers of the Altenburg city fortifications. The founder Edmund Schmidt accepted the design, the construction of which was estimated at 40,000 marks. The remainder was raised through donations until 1915. The foundation stone was laid on April 10, 1914, the inauguration on September 2, 1915. The Bismarck Tower with its viewing platform was open daily until 1930.
With the beginning of the Soviet military administration , the tower was renamed the Tower of Youth on November 10, 1948 . An open-air theater was built in front of the tower in 1960 . The FDJ administered the tower of the youth from 1974 to 1989, the area was regularly used as a holiday camp for the young pioneers . The Altenburger Land children's and youth center used the area as a recreation and leisure center until 2008.
The tower was first renovated in 1953/1954 and has been closed since 2009. In 2012 the Förderverein Bismarckturm Altenburg e. V. , who wants to renovate the tower and develop it for tourism.
description
The tower made of stamped concrete , which is located in the city forest above the city, is 33 meters high. It stands on a terrace with a column portal. This originally featured a relief of the Chancellor with oak leaves and the dates 1815 and 1915. A wooden staircase with 108 steps leads to the viewing platform without a lighting option, which received a permanently installed telescope from Carl Zeiss in 1916 . Bismarck's family coat of arms is attached to the north side of the tower.
Web links
- Bismarck Tower Altenburg on bismarcktuerme.de , accessed on February 10, 2013