Wartenberg --- Calbe/Saale, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
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N 51° 54.982 E 011° 43.140
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The Wartenberg is located near the city Calbe (Saale) in Saxony-Anhalt. With its 121 meters is the highest natural point in the southern Magdeburger plain. There was a tower in honor of Otto von Bismarck opened in 1904 on the top of the hill.
Waymark Code: WM90CW
Location: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Date Posted: 06/08/2010
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With its 30 meters, the Bismarck tower of the highest of its kind in the area of today's Saxony-Anhalt. The round tower at its base a diameter of 12 m with a wall thickness of 1.75 m and about 40 meters in circumference. For the construction of 1,300 m³ of masonry were required. 1948 devoted to the tower to a VVN VVN-tower to, in his porch was a memorial to the victims of fascism established. Thus, the tower was protected from decay and demolition.
2004, the Bismarck tower in Calbe (Saale) was 100 years old. On 9 May 2004, celebrated the anniversary with the opening of the redesigned memorial hall and a cultural program.