Bismarck Tower (Kallstadt)

The Bismarck Tower (German: Bismarckturm) on the 497-metre-high Peterskopf in the Haardt mountains on the eastern edge of the Palatine Forest stands within an exclave of the municipality of Kallstadt in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Planning for the monument dedicated to Reich chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, began in 1896 by the Drachenfels Club[1] and it was erected in 1901 - 1903 under the direction of architect, Friedrich Kunst, from Karlsruhe.

Its first restoration was carried out in 1949 by the Drachenfels Club, a local monument conservation society.

In 1973/74 further renovation measures were implemented; this included accommodation for the tower keeper.

The route is 8,700 metres long and the total climb is 510 metres, making it the longest and steepest element of the Palatine Hill Running Cup ((Pfälzer Berglaufpokal).