
Kilometres unite approximately the historically interesting castle hill 9 metres rises over the level northeast of Burg in the Spreewald. A 27 metres high tower was built in this place within the years 1915 to 1917.
An outlook tower which allows a panoramic look over the single countryside of the Burger Spreewald was created with that. On the other hand, this building represents a testimony of the Bismarck monument movement which left traces after the death of the first German German Chancellor Otto Graf von Bismarck in 1898 in all of Germany.
The tower experienced a varied story to this day. Until the beginning of the Second World War thousands of visitors climbed the tower; during the war it served as an observation point of the air force; In 1951 it was renamed into the tower "of the youth", since autumn 1990 the tower has been called Bismarck tower again.
Numerous events take place in front of the scenery of the Bismarck tower meanwhile. The "night of the pumpkin spirits" or the "Spreewald legend night" is only some of this.
You find still more information about Bismarck towers
www.bismarcktuerme.de
One of the most beautiful landscape gardens of Germany, the under
monument protection Branitzer park, lies to the southeast of Cottbus.
Hermann prince of Pückler had this masterpiece of the art of gardening
laid out between the years 1846 and 1871. Still after the death
Pücklers the park was completed to 1888.
Gaze in admiration at the pyramids unique Europe. The greater of the
pyramids in the midst of a pond laid out artificially, overgrown with
shore shoot and North American wine is the grave of the prince.The park
lets itself be seen in a lot of colours in all seasons. In spring the
fresh green of the meadows, in summer the colours of the blossoming
trees, in autumn this reddish brown the leaves and in the pond frozen
up winters the white splendour of the meadows and this one.
Our tip: You can run skate excellently in winter and sunbathe marvellously on the wide meadows in summer here.