Borůvková hora observation tower, Observation tower in Javorník, Czech Republic.
Borůvková hora observation tower is a 25-meter metal and wood structure standing on the mountain of the same name, providing views of Otmuchów lakes, Nysa lakes, and mountain ranges in the region. The tower includes a shelter for protection during unfavorable weather and is accessible from the town of Javorník via clearly marked paths.
In summer 1870 a wooden viewing platform was built on the summit, probably on the initiative of the Lądek-Zdrój spa administration; it disappeared between 1878 and 1882. The Lądek section of the Kłodzko Mountain Society erected a 17 m wooden tower in 1889, opened on 2 August 1890, but it collapsed on 16 September 1900 after a step broke under two visitors from Javorník. A third wooden tower, 21 m high and designed by Alois Uttner, opened on 30 August 1908 and fell in 1922; the present steel tower clad in wood, designed by Lubomír Řezníček, was built by the town of Javorník and opened on 7 October 2006.
The summit's German name, Heidelkoppe, survives in the Heidelkoppebaude shelter opened on 29 May 1930 by the Javorník section of the MSSGV, whose first tenant was the retired teacher Rudolf Moche. Writer Paul Keller was a frequent guest, and on 12 June 1932 Moche created the Paul Keller Ecke in his honour. The shelter closed in 1941 and was demolished between 1955 and 1964.
The path to the tower is well maintained and clearly marked from the center of Javorník, making the walk straightforward. The shelter at the top provides protection from the elements, and the site is accessible year-round with the clearest views occurring on fair weather days.
The tower opened on 7 October 2006 at 11:00, funded through the EU Interreg III A programme for Polish-Czech border development. Its viewing platform sits at 24 m, 1.4 m below the structure's 25.4 m top, and the design is by Lubomír Řezníček.
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