Štěpánka, Stone observation tower in Příchovice, Czech Republic

Štěpánka is a neo-Gothic stone and brick lookout tower on Hvězda peak in the western Krkonoše, in Příchovice near Kořenov. Every floor has an octagonal plan; the viewing storey under the roof is all wood. The lower gallery sits about 4 m above ground, the main one about 20 m, and the tower reaches roughly 24 m to the roof tip.

A visit by Archduke Stephan in 1847 started the push to build the tower, but work stalled and the structure sat unfinished for decades. A local mountain association completed it in 1892, turning it into a working viewpoint for hikers.

The name Štěpánka is the Czech form of Stephan, taken from the archduke who inspired the project. Today the tower draws walkers from across the region who come to look out over the Jizera Mountains and the Giant Mountains from the top platform.

The tower stands on Hvězda (958 m) in the western Krkonoše, reached by marked trails from Příchovice near Kořenov. The second viewing gallery lies at 21 m and is climbed by 81 steps; the lower gallery on the stone base sits about 4 m above the ground.

The tower's photogenic form led Jan Nouza to use a photograph of it on the cover of his 1999 book Rozhledny Čech, Moravy a Slezska. A stone table and bench stand on the rocks beside the tower, and a memorial plaque unveiled on 8 June 2008 recalls the fictional 2007 expedition to the Altai Mountains started there by Jara Cimrman.