Ölbergshöhe
The Ölbergshöhe in the Harz Mountains of central Germany is a mountain spur, above sea level, of the Ramberg ridge near Bad Suderode in the Saxony-Anhalt county of Harz.
Location
The Ölbergshöhe is located within the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park and is a northern spur of the granite massif of the Ramberg. It rises immediately to the south of Bad Suderode and a little to the southwest of Gernrode between the streams of the Kältetalbach to the west and the Hagentalbach to the east. Its northern spur is the rather lower Schwedderberg.Prussia Tower
On the Schwedderberg spur, an observation tower was first erected in 1845, called the Prussia Tower. A second tower, which was high, stood there from 1885 to the 1940s and was used for firewood after the Second World War because it had fallen into disrepair.In 1953, a new tower, the Thomas Müntzer Tower, was erected, made of timber-framing. It was renamed the Prussia Tower in 1991 and was renovated in 2007. From its observation platform at treetop level there are views of Bad Suderode, Gernrode and Ballenstedt, the Harz Foreland and Quedlinburg and Halberstadt behind it and of the Brocken, away. A toposcope on the platform acts as an aid to orientation.