Stamping point 115 / Bismarck Tower

The 15 meter high Bismarck Tower was built on the Kummel (536 m above sea level) in Bad Lauterberg.

The Bis­marck Tower is a popu­lar excur­si­on desti­na­ti­on in Bad Lau­ter­berg. It was built in 1904 on the initia­ti­ve of the medi­cal coun­cil­or August Tisch­mann and today belongs to the Harz­klub ZV Bad Lau­ter­berg. The first dona­ti­ons were coll­ec­ted in Novem­ber 1902 so that the con­s­truc­tion work, which was car­ri­ed out by the mas­ter brick­lay­er Wal­ter Nagel from Bad Lau­ter­berg, could begin quick­ly. The Bis­marck Tower was built from natu­ral stone and bricks. A reli­ef of Bis­marck made in the bron­ze foundry is loca­ted half­way up abo­ve the ent­rance to the tower. 

The­re used to be a fire bowl on the top of the tower, which was remo­ved in 1987. During the ope­ning hours of the restau­rant, the tower can be acces­sed via a 60-step stone stair­ca­se and an 11-step metal stair­ca­se. The buil­ding was com­ple­te­ly reno­va­ted in 2000. 

On a clear day, the tower offers an excel­lent view of the neigh­bor­ing Gro­ßer Knol­len, Hans­küh­nen­burg, Bro­cken, Wurm­berg, Sankt Andre­as­berg, Oder­tal­sper­re and Ravens­berg as well as Bad Lau­ter­berg and the dis­tricts of Bar­bis, Bar­tol­fel­de and Oster­ha­gen from its vie­w­ing platform.

The Bis­marck Tower is loca­ted on the Har­zer Bau­den­steig and is best rea­ched from the par­king lot on the Lönsweg.