Otto I. Column, Memorial column in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

The Otto I. Column is a granite memorial standing at approximately 593 meters elevation in Karlovy Vary, topped with a spherical finial. The monument is positioned on elevated terrain above the spa town, overlooking the surrounding landscape.

The column was erected in 1852 after the town council, with Otto's consent, renamed the hill König Ottos Höhe; it was unveiled and consecrated on 8 September 1852 in the king's presence, with speeches and a cantata by Friedrich Knoll. Otto, son of Bavarian king Ludwig I, stayed in Karlovy Vary five times between 1836 and 1865, usually lodging at U Zlatého klíče as "Count of Athens". Vandals broke the column in the 1970s; restorer Jiří Pavlík rebuilt it in 2008.

The column displays a gold-plated star at its peak, a common design choice for monuments built during that era in Central Europe. Visitors can see the craftsmanship of 19th-century stonework reflected in its detailed granite construction.

The site is reachable on foot via a walking route of about 2.3 kilometers from the main spring, or by bus on lines 10 or 15 to the Havlíčkova stop. A viewing platform located below the monument provides wide views across the town's valley.

The column's original stone sphere bore an inscription; today only a later inscription remains, and the gilded hexagram star at the top hides a tube. It holds documents by historian Stanislav Burachovič on the monument's history and by chronicler Květoslav Kroča on the modern spa town, placed there during the 2008 restoration by Jiří Pavlík.