Bismarckturm Stuttgart
Bismarckturm Stuttgart rises on Gähkopf in Stuttgart-Nord, the highest point in its surrounding area. The twenty-metre tower gives you a 360-degree view across Stuttgart and beyond. Keuper sandstone shapes its square form, while architect Wilhelm Kreis based the design on his award-winning Götterdämmerung concept.
Students from the Technical University of Stuttgart initiated construction in May 1899, financing the work through donations. Karl Heim managed construction, and Heinrich Nagel served as builder. The foundation stone followed in 1902, and Stuttgart received the completed tower at its opening in 1904. A square fire bowl once crowned the structure, burning tar and petroleum into flames three to five metres high. Those flames marked Bismarck’s birthday, his death anniversary, and the founding of the German Empire.
In 1928, the tower became a water tower before extensive renovation in 2001. Ninety-two steps lead from the base to the viewing platform.
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