List of observation towers in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
The list of observation towers in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania contains structures that have viewing options that are accessible to the public. It includes observation towers , television towers and water towers , high-rise buildings , church towers , stationary rides and other observation platforms - including former towers (etc.). The lists do not include traveling panoramic rides.
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Note: The table columns can be sorted using the symbols in the column headings. In the initial view, the towers are sorted by total height (descending), if the height is the same, by name of the structure (ascending).
Existing structures
Name of the structure |
place | construction year |
Total height ( m ) |
Platform form- height (m) |
up train |
Building type | Remarks | image |
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Schwerin TV tower |
Schwerin location |
1964 | 136 | 98 | Yes | Transmission tower (reinforced concrete) | Restaurant closed to the public at the end of 2017. | |
Schwerin Cathedral |
Schwerin location |
1893 | 117.5 | 50 | No | Steeple | Tower attached to Gothic church (13th / 14th century) at the end of the 19th century, the highest church tower in East Germany. Viewing platform approx. 50 meters high, accessible via 222 steps. |
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Petrikirche |
Rostock location |
1994 | 117 | 46 | Yes | Steeple | The church tower, which was destroyed in the Second World War, was rebuilt in 1994 and provided with a viewing platform. | |
St. Mary's Church (Stralsund) |
Stralsund location |
15th century | 104 | No | Steeple | 366 steps | ||
Greifswald Cathedral St. Nikolai |
Greifswald location |
1652 | 99.97 | 60 | No | Steeple | 264 steps to the viewing platform | |
Marienkirche |
Neubrandenburg location |
14th century | 88 | 45.3 | Yes | Steeple | ||
Hotel Neptune |
Warnemünde location |
1970 | 68 | 64 | Yes | skyscraper | Hotel with panorama bar | |
House of Culture and Education |
Neubrandenburg location |
1965 | 56 | Yes | skyscraper | |||
Käflingsberg Tower | Käflingsberg location |
1999/ 2000 |
55 | 31 | No | Steel lattice tower | also used as a fire watch tower and as a carrier for cellular antennas | |
OstseeTherme Usedom observation tower |
Ahlbeck location |
1996 | 50 |
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20 + ? + ?Yes | Steel lattice tower | ||
St. Mary's Church (Plau am See) |
Plau am See location |
13th century | 41 | 30th | No | Steeple | 120 steps; Platform height approx. | |
Lookout tower treetop path Rügen |
Prora (municipality of Binz) location |
2013 | 40 | No | Wooden structure | Shape of an eagle's nest | ||
Granitz Hunting Lodge |
Binz location |
1846 | 38 | 37 | No | brick tower | Central tower of the castle | |
Wismar observation tower |
Wismar location |
2001 | 37 | 28 | No | steel construction | ||
Darßer Ort lighthouse |
Darßer place location |
1848 | 35.4 | 33 | No | brick tower | lighthouse | |
Basedow observation tower |
Basedow location |
? | 35 | No | Steel lattice tower | also as the Malchin observation tower | ||
Fangelturm (Friedland) |
Friedland location |
14th century | 35 | 27 | No | brick tower | 142 steps | |
Cape Arkona lighthouse |
Cape Arkona location |
1902 | 35 | 28 | No | brick tower | ||
Pilot tower Thiessow |
Thiessow location |
2003 | 34 | 13 | No | Steel lattice tower | Cell phone tower and observation tower; Total height with antenna; covered platform | |
Ruhner Berg lookout tower |
Marnitz location |
2001 | 32 | No | brick tower | |||
Warnemünde lighthouse |
Warnemünde location |
1848 | 31 | 27 | No | brick tower | lighthouse | |
Behmshöhe observation tower |
Neubrandenburg location |
1905 | 30th | 21.75 | No | brick tower | ||
Lookout tower on the Jörnberg |
Krakow am See location |
1995 | 27.7 | 24 | No | brick tower | until 1945 location of a Bismarck tower | |
Dornbusch lighthouse |
Monastery location |
1848 | 27.5 | 20th | No | brick tower | lighthouse | |
Ernst Moritz Arndt Tower |
Bergen on Rügen location |
1877 | 26.7 | No | brick tower | glass domed roof observation tower on elevation ( Rugard ) |
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Fangelturm (Neubrandenburg) |
Neubrandenburg location |
15th century | 25th | No | brick defense tower | |||
Schinkelturm (Cape Arkona) |
Cape Arkona location |
1827 | 22.45 | 15.55 | No | brick tower | ||
Rabbitwerder observation tower |
Schwerin location |
1895 | 21.5 | 15.5 | No | brick tower | ||
Teterow Memorial |
Teterow location |
1927 | 21st | No | Reinforced concrete with stone cladding | War memorial with viewing platform on the hill | ||
Bastorf lighthouse |
Bastorf location |
1878 | 20.8 | No | brick tower | lighthouse | ||
Karenz observation tower |
Parental leave situation |
2006 | 20th | No | steel construction | Height approx. Tower on the hill, freely accessible |
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Barhöft observation tower |
Barhöft location |
1986 | 16.9 | No | brick tower | 2004 with external steel stairs added a viewpoint on the seashore. |
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Lookout tower on Prangenberg |
Ticino (near Rostock) location |
2003 | 14th | No | Wooden tower | |||
Plau am See lighthouse |
Plau am See location |
2012 | 13.5 | 8th | No | ? | Lighthouse and observation tower on the lake shore | |
Katzenturm (Ticino) |
Ticino (municipality of Wittendbod) location |
1835 | ? | No | brick tower | Lookout tower in the park of Ticino Castle |
Existing but no longer publicly accessible structures
Name of the structure |
place | construction year |
Total height ( m ) |
Platform form- height (m) |
up train |
Building type | Remarks | image |
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Rostock-Stadweide radio tower |
Rostock location |
1968 | 140 | 100 | Yes | Transmission tower (reinforced concrete) | closed to the public since the 1980s | |
Schlemmin TV tower |
Schlemmin location |
1967 | 94 | 64 | Yes | Transmission tower (reinforced concrete) | closed since 1992 |
No longer existing structures
Name of the structure |
place | construction year |
Total height ( m ) |
Platform form- height (m) |
up train |
Building type | Remarks | image |
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Bismarck Tower Krakow am See | Krakow am See | 1907 | 12 | 10 | No | Reinforced concrete tower | Blown up in 1945; since 1995 location of the observation tower on the Jörnberg | |
Old observation tower on the Jörnberg | Krakow am See | 1897 | ? | No | Wooden tower | Replaced by the Bismarck Tower in 1907 |
See also
Abbreviations
Abbreviations used in the tables mean:
- Century = century
Web links
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