Stamping point 130 / Iberger Albertturm

The Albert Tower is located on the Iberg (563 m above sea level) between Bad Grund and Wildemann.

The new­ly found­ed Harzk­lub Zweigvere­in Bad Grund had already built a 20 m high wood­en tow­er for 1100 marks in 1886 with the sup­port of the Bad Grund­ner clubs, espe­cial­ly the singing clubs. Due to the effects of the weath­er, the wood­en tow­er soon became unus­able. The deci­sion was made to build a new tow­er. Con­struc­tion of the tow­er began on June 16, 1907, and on Decem­ber 28, 1907, the 25-metre-high tow­er was approved. The con­struc­tion costs amount­ed to 7,500 marks. 

In 1955, the tow­er was ren­o­vat­ed at great expense and giv­en a rein­forced con­crete shell. In 1963, the tow­er had to be raised by almost 10 m as the beech trees had grown all around it, mak­ing it impos­si­ble to see all around. In 1969, the base was final­ly giv­en a rein­forced con­crete shell to car­ry the build­ing into the next millennium. 

Since the look­out tow­er was built in 1886, there has also been a small for­est restau­rant. The for­est restau­rant at the Iberg­er Albert­turm offers a unique attrac­tion in addi­tion to its rus­tic, Harz-fresh cozi­ness: snow­ball fights in sum­mer with nat­ur­al snow from the pre­vi­ous win­ter. The snow is stored in holes in the ground cre­at­ed by the lime being washed out by the winter. 

The Iberg sta­lac­tite cave is locat­ed at the foot of the Iberg, which was cre­at­ed when the ground­wa­ter lev­el sank. The cave was dis­cov­ered in the Mid­dle Ages while min­ing for ore. It was opened to the pub­lic as a show cave in 1874. The 78 m long entrance tun­nel was built in 1911. Today, the “Haupt­mann-Spatzi­er-Stollen” con­nects three dif­fer­ent caves. The cave has been elec­tri­cal­ly lit since 1912. 

The park­ing lot of the cave adven­ture cen­ter is also the best start­ing point for a hike up the Albert Tower.