The terrace around the hollow Bismarck Tower is an ideal place to enjoy the view over Radebeul and beyond.
Following the example of numerous German communities, the "Deutsch-soziale Reformverein für Radebeul und Umgebung" (German Social Reform Association for Radebeul and the surrounding area) proposed the construction of a tower in 1902 in honor of the first German Chancellor, Prince Otto von Bismarck. A specially founded committee procured the necessary building sum of 16,000 marks with collections and a raffle; the Oberlößnitz gardener Gustav Adolf Pietzsch provided a 1000 m² building plot on the edge of the slope not far from the Spitzhaus. The architect Wilhelm Kreis, who teaches at the Dresden School of Arts and Crafts, was won over for the design. He is a friend of Karl May, who is considered the "father of the Bismarck Columns" because of his more than 50 similar buildings.
With a total height of 18 m, the Bismarck Tower, which was built according to an individual design, is taller than most others; after four months of construction, it was officially inaugurated on September 2, 1907.
Source: Extract from the Radebeul City Dictionary, 2006
