Bismarckturm Gießen, Gießen

Name: Bismarckturm Gießen
Address: Gießen, Germany

#19 among attractions in Gießen

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The Bismarck Tower in Giessen is a 15-meter-high observation tower on the Hardt Heights near the Upper Hardthof. The architect was the university building councilor A. Becker. The tower, which cost about 12,000 marks, was built from July 1905 to July 1906 from local Lungstein. Above the entrance is the inscription BISMARCK, above it an eagle relief by the sculptor Augusto Varnesi. An inscription is carved on the inside of the entrance landing: Like numerous other Bismarck Towers, the structure commemorated German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, who died in 1898 and was revered in particular as a co-initiator of the founding of the German Empire in 1871.

In 1954, the tower was renovated. The viewing platform with an octagonal fire bowl with a diameter of 1.90 m, where originally a fire visible from afar burned on Bismarck's birthday and other national holidays, was accessible until 1975, when the entrance had to be bricked up due to the poor condition of the tower.

Since 2007, a support association has been working for the preservation and renewed renovation of the structure. The entrance was uncovered in 2011, and the renovated tower was reopened in 2014. The tower can be climbed on the first and third Sundays of each month. In mid-2020, paint was daubed on the front of the tower - presumably in the wake of the Black Lives Matter debate.

Coordinates: 50°35'47"N, 8°38'53"E

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Bismarckturm Gießen – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mathematikum, Liebig Museum, Church of St. John, Lahnfenster.

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Museum, Specialty museum, Science museum
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50°34'51"N • 8°39'59"E
Liebig Museum, Gießen
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Music venue, Church
Church of St. John, Gießen
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View point, Event space
Lahnfenster, Gießen
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Monuments and statues
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Neighbourhood
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