Milešovka, observation tower on a summit in the České středohoří, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Milešovka is an 18-metre stone observation tower on the 837-metre summit of Milešovka in the České středohoří, built in 1904 together with a meteorological observatory. Its tower is made of phonolite quarried on the summit, and a viewing gallery encircles it at a height of 10 metres.
Anton Weber from Velemín, who ran a pub on the summit from 1820, had a 4-metre stone tower built there in the 1840s. After it disappeared, construction of the current tower began in 1903 on the initiative of Reginald Czermack of the Teplice mountain association; it was completed in 1904. The tower was open to the public until 1939 and again from 1998.
The tower's name comes from the village of Milešov below. The summit has hosted a pub since 1820, run by Anton Weber of Velemín, who built the first four-metre stone lookout here in the 1840s. The site is now a meteorological observatory, and the tower has been open to the public again since 1998.
Milešovka is open year-round and the tower can be reached by marked trails: blue from Velemín via Nad Velemínem, yellow from the Paškapole saddle, red from Bílka or Milešov, and blue from Černčice. The tower has been open to the public again since 1998.
The tower was built from phonolite quarried directly on the summit, and its 18-metre shaft carries a viewing gallery at 10 metres. A memorial plaque inside names architect Edmund Hoke and builders Knobloch and Pech. The tower closed to the public in 1939 and reopened only in 1998.
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