Arkona Hill, previously known as Qusitorp Hill, and as Eckerberg Hill, is a hill located in

Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, within the administrative neighbourhood of Osów. It is part of the Warszewo Hills, and is located within the Arkonian Forest Park. Its

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is 70.3 m (230.64 ft.).

History

Between 1899 and 1904, on the hill was built the Qusitorp Tower, a 52-meter-tall (170.6 ft.) tower which included a

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at its base, and a viewing point on top. The building was destroyed between 1944 and 1945, during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. Currently, its ruins remain there.Damian Kolassa: ''Wieża Quistorpa: Od monumentu po ruinę''. Volumina.pl, 2022. . (in Polish)

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{{reflist Geography of Szczecin Hills of Poland Landforms of West Pomeranian Voivodeship