Stamp point 185 / Preußenturm

The Prussian Tower stands on the Schwedderberg above the spa gardens in Bad Suderode.

The Mag­de­burg print shop owner August Baentsch was a regu­lar spa guest in Bad Suder­o­de and, out of gra­ti­tu­de for the heal­ing of his health pro­blems, dona­ted the money for the con­s­truc­tion of the first Prus­si­an tower in 1845.

After a tower built in 1885 was demo­lished during the war years due to dila­pi­da­ti­on, a new tower was built on the same site in 1953, but was chris­ten­ed the „Tho­mas Münt­zer Tower“. This buil­ding was spon­so­red by Rein­hard Jahn, the owner of the „Stock- und Klapp­mö­bel­fa­brik“ in Bad Suderode. 

After the reuni­fi­ca­ti­on of Ger­ma­ny, the tower was ren­a­med the Prus­si­an Tower and exten­si­ve­ly reno­va­ted by a local car­pen­try firm in 2007. From the tower, you have a far-rea­ching view from Blan­ken­burg over Qued­lin­burg to the Gegen­stei­nen near Ballenstedt. 

From the spa gar­dens in Bad Suder­o­de, fol­low the sign­pos­ted hiking trail from the Beh­rin­ger Brun­nen foun­tain to the Preu­ßen­turm tower.