Stamp point 185 / Preußenturm

The Prussian Tower stands on the Schwedderberg above the spa gardens in Bad Suderode.

The Magde­burg print shop own­er August Baentsch was a reg­u­lar spa guest in Bad Sud­erode and, out of grat­i­tude for the heal­ing of his health prob­lems, donat­ed the mon­ey for the con­struc­tion of the first Pruss­ian tow­er in 1845.

After a tow­er built in 1885 was demol­ished dur­ing the war years due to dilap­i­da­tion, a new tow­er was built on the same site in 1953, but was chris­tened the “Thomas Müntzer Tow­er”. This build­ing was spon­sored by Rein­hard Jahn, the own­er of the “Stock- und Klapp­mö­belfab­rik” in Bad Suderode. 

After the reuni­fi­ca­tion of Ger­many, the tow­er was renamed the Pruss­ian Tow­er and exten­sive­ly ren­o­vat­ed by a local car­pen­try firm in 2007. From the tow­er, you have a far-reach­ing view from Blanken­burg over Quedlin­burg to the Gegen­steinen near Ballenstedt. 

From the spa gar­dens in Bad Sud­erode, fol­low the sign­post­ed hik­ing trail from the Behringer Brun­nen foun­tain to the Preußen­turm tower.