Wehlaberg

Wehlaberg
	Lookout tower on the Wehlaberg
height	144.1 m above sea level NHN
location	District of Dahme-Spreewald , Brandenburg ( Germany )
Mountains	Krausnicker Mountains
Coordinates	52 ° 3 '29 " N , 13 ° 48' 4" E Coordinates: 52 ° 3 '29 " N , 13 ° 48' 4" E
Type	Terminal moraine
rock	Debris , sand , gravel
Age of the rock	Saale Ice Age; (approx. 140,000 years)
particularities	- highest point of the Krausnicker mountains ; - observation tower

The Wehlaberg at Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg is 144.1 m above sea level. NHN the highest point in the Krausnicker Mountains in Brandenburg . There is an observation tower on its summit .

geography

location

The Wehlaberg is located in the Brandenburg district of Dahme-Spreewald in the Spreewald biosphere reserve about 2 km south of Koethen , a village on the southern edge of Lake Koethen , 3.5 km north-north-west of Krausnick and 3.3 km west of Groß Wasserburg , both districts of the Krausnick community. Great moated castle. Its wooded summit lies in the district of Groß Wasserburg.

Protected area

The north-western part of the Wehlabergs lies in the Heideseen nature reserve .

Observation tower

The Wehlaberg has been a popular lookout point for a long time. As early as 1896, a hiking guide reported the beautiful view from an iron pyramid frame of the national survey . Two observation towers followed later, the first of which was demolished due to its dilapidation . The second tower was dismantled again because it had provided the undesired insight into a Soviet military object.

The current observation tower was built in 2003 and is 28 meters high. The lower part of the tower, which has a square floor plan, is made of massive construction, the higher, upper part of partially paneled timber construction. A concrete staircase leads to the covered lower platform, which is about four meters high. From here a concrete staircase leads to an intermediate landing and from there a wooden staircase over further intermediate landing to the upper, also covered viewing platform.

From here, from a height of 24 meters ( 168 m above sea level ), you have a wide view of the Krausnicker Mountains and the northern heather lakes . The hall of the Tropical Islands can be seen to the west-southwest . In good visibility conditions, the Berlin TV tower 58 km away can be seen in the north-northwest .