Gauss Tower

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The Gauss Tower is a reinforced concrete observation tower on the summit of the Hoher Hagen in Dransfeld, Germany. The tower can be reached directly by car. A restaurant with a panoramic view is located inside the tower. ()

Local name: Gaußturm Opened: 1964 (60 years ago)Height: 167 ftCoordinates: 51°28'26"N, 9°45'58"E

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Lower SaxonyGermany

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Nearby attractions include: Hoher Hagen, Forstbotanischer Garten in Hannoversch Münden, Sankt Martini, Werra Viaduct.

~530 ftNW
Volcano, Nature, Natural attraction
Hoher Hagen
3 min walk • Hoher Hagen is a unique geological formation located in the heart of Germany, standing as a testament to the region's ancient volcanic activity. This extinct volcano, which is part of the Dransfeld Municipal Forest, offers not only a glimpse into the geological past...
6.1 miSW
Botanical garden, Park
Forstbotanischer Garten in Hannoversch Münden, Hann. Münden
157 min walk • The Forstbotanischer Garten in Hannoversch Münden is a forest botanical garden and arboretum located at Mitscherlichstraße 5, Hannoversch Münden, Lower Saxony, Germany. The garden was established in 1868 at the founding of the Royal Prussian Academy of Forestry Hann. Münden, and formally opened in 1870 on a site of 5.25 hectares.
5.3 miNE
Church
Sankt Martini, Göttingen
136 min walk • St. Martin's is a Lutheran church in Groß Ellershausen, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is significant as possibly retaining the oldest existing structure, its tower, in southern Lower Saxony.
5.2 miSW
Bridge
Werra Viaduct
134 min walk • The Werra viaducts near Hedemünden, Germany are two bridges crossing the valley of the river Werra. They are located in southern Lower Saxony and provide crossings for the A 7 motorway and the Hanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line. The bridges are located 33 metres apart from each other.
6.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Totenberg
161 min walk • The Totenberg, at 408.1 m above sea level, is the highest hill in the Bramwald, a forested hill range in the Weser Uplands in South Lower Saxony.
6.3 miSW
Church
St. Blasius, Hann. Münden
162 min walk • The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Blasius is a listed church building in Hann. Münden, a town in the district of Göttingen. The three-nave, Gothic hall church stands in the middle of the old town, surrounded by historic houses.
6.1 miSW
Monuments and statues
Der Denker, Hann. Münden
156 min walk • Heinz Detlef Wüpper was a German master potter and sculptor. He was a student of the Berlin, Königsberg and Kassel sculptor Professor Erich Schmidt-Kestner.
6.9 miSW
51°24'23"N • 9°38'51"E
Hochbad Rattwerder, Hann. Münden
177 min walk • Watersports, Water park, Swimming
6.2 miSW
51°25'6"N • 9°39'16"E
Public library, Hann. Münden
158 min walk • Library
~570 ftNW
Neighbourhood
Dransfeld Municipal Forest, Münden Nature Park
3 min walk • The Dransfeld Municipal Forest is situated on a ridge in Germany's Central Uplands that ascends to 480 m high. It is located in the district of Göttingen, in South Lower Saxony.
5.5 miSW
Tunnel
Münden Tunnel, Münden Nature Park
140 min walk • The Münden Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the Hanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line in Germany. It is situated south of the town of Hann. Münden between Göttingen and Kassel. At a total length of 10,525 metres, it is the second longest tunnel in Germany after the Landrücken Tunnel. The tunnel was built between 1983 and 1989.