Bismarck Tower (Burg (Spreewald))

In 1910 it was decided to build a Bismarck Tower and the initiators began to collect donations.

Architect Bruno Möhring from Berlin was commissioned to create a design.

The outbreak of the First World War delayed construction work, which only began in the spring of 1915 and lasted two years.

After 1945 "ideological components" - such as Bismarck's coat of arms and his bust - were removed.

Between 1950 and 1990 the tower was closed to the public for strategic military reasons.