The Carlshaushöhe (or Karlshaushöhe) is a mountain, 626.3 m, in the

Harz The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...

in the German state of

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Geographical location

It is located southwest of

Hasselfelde Hasselfelde is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Harz, approximately 17 km south of Wernigerode. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Oberharz am Brocken. Hasselfelde has 2,390 i ...

between

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to the north,

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to the west and Sophienhof in the borough of

Ilfeld Ilfeld is a village and a former municipality in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated at the south foot of the Harz, at the entrance to the Bährethal, north from Nordhausen by the railway to Wernigerode. Since 1 Ja ...

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to the south.

Carlshaus Tower

On the summit of the Carlshaushöhe, which rises to the west of the B 81 federal highway, stands the 50 m high Carlshaus Tower (''Carlshausturm''), or Karlshaus Tower, which was built a few hundred metres west of the Carlshaus on the eastern slope of the mountain. It has an open steel design and its opening was celebrated on 27 July 1998. The Carlshaus Tower acts as a radio tower for the

Harz Narrow Gauge Railways The Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (German: ''Harzer Schmalspurbahnen'' or HSB) is a railway company that operates a network in the Harz mountains, in central Germany (formerly East Germany). The company was formed after the Second World War as a me ...

(HSB), two branches of which pass by the tower a few kilometres to the south and east respectively, as well as an

observation tower An observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision to conduct long distance observations. Observation towers are usually at least tall and are made from stone, iron, an ...

. It replaced the

Bismarck Tower A Bismarck tower (german: Bismarckturm) is a specific type of monument built according to a more or less standard model across Germany to honour its first chancellor, Otto von Bismarck (d. 1898). A total of 234 of these towers were inventoried b ...

built in 1901 and demolished by the

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in 1981., The Bismarck Tower was also of open steel construction, was about 20 m high and crowned by a circular observation deck. From its observation platform, that sits above the tops of the trees at a height of about 30 metres and is accessible via a staircase with 155 steps, there is an all-round view, for example, over the highlands of the Harz. The highest peak in the Harz, the

Brocken The Brocken, also sometimes referred to as the Blocksberg, is the highest peak in the Harz mountain range and also the highest peak in Northern Germany; it is near Schierke in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt between the rivers Weser and Elbe. ...

, is visible from here as well as the

Kyffhäuser The Kyffhäuser (,''Duden - Das Aussprachewörterbuch, 7. Auflage (German)'', Dudenverlag, sometimes also referred to as ''Kyffhäusergebirge'', is a hill range in Central Germany, shared by Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, southeast of the Harz mou ...

. The Carlshaus Tower has been included in a project by the Harz Transport Federation and the

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. It is also no. 51 in the system of check points in the

Harzer Wandernadel The Harzer Wandernadel is a system of hiking awards in the Harz mountains in central Germany. The hiker (or mountain biker) can earn awards at different levels of challenge by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and stamping his or ...

network of

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Transport links

The Carlshaushöhe and the Carlshaus Tower are located between the B 242 (north), B 81 (east) and B 4 (south) federal highways, so that it can be reached by walking trails leading from the car parks on these roads or their side-roads.

References

''Carlshausturm''
at ausflugsziele-harz.de (see photograph of the information board on the tower) Ehemalige

(sitef of ''Carlshaushöhe''), at bismarcktuerme.de Harzer Wandernadel
Stempelstelle 51 – ''Carlsturm''
at harzer-wandernadel.de {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlshaushohe Mountains and hills of Saxony-Anhalt Mountains of the Harz Mountains under 1000 metres