Bismarck Tower (Ballenstedt)

Bismarck tower
Type: Viewing tower
Country: Germany
Bundesland: Saxony-Anhalt
Location: Ballenstedt
Site: on the Stahlsberg
Geo-coordinates: 51°42′51.5″N 11°15′32.3″E / 51.714306°N 11.258972°E / 51.714306; 11.258972
Site elevation: 270.6 m above sea level (NN)
Tower height: ca. 11 m
Viewing platformheight: ca. 280 m above NN
Construction period: Phase 1: 1914/15
Phase 2: 1930/31

The Bismarck Tower (German: Bismarckturm) on the 268-metre (879 ft) high Stahlsberg above Opperode in Germany is a monument to the former German chancellor, Bismarck. The tower can be used as an observation tower. It was built in 1914/15.

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