Koráb, Observation tower in Kdyně, Czech Republic

The Koráb tower is a 50-meter steel structure consisting of a sheet-metal-clad tube housing a staircase, with a covered observation deck 29 meters above ground supported by a separate tubular frame. It stands on the 775-meter summit of the same name in the Chudenická vrchovina and also serves as a transmitter.

The first wooden lookout tower and a small tourist cottage were built here in 1938 by the Czech Tourist Club. After several improvements, the tower was demolished in the 1980s, when both structures belonged to the North Bohemian Brown Coal Mines. After restitution, the present steel tower was built between 1990 and 1992 on foundations laid in 1986.

The wooden tower and a small tourist cottage were built in 1938 by the Czech Tourist Club, which was responsible for both structures. The cottage was later improved and expanded, and both buildings passed into the ownership of the North Bohemian Brown Coal Mines before the tower was demolished in the 1980s. The present steel tower stands on the same summit.

The tower stands on the Koráb peak at 775 m above sea level within the Kdyně municipal area, and the covered viewing deck sits 29 m above the ground, reached by a staircase inside the sheet-clad steel tube. The structure also serves as a transmitter, so the climb is on foot only.

The wooden tower of 1938 and its tourist cottage passed into the ownership of the North Bohemian Brown Coal Mines, which had the tower demolished in the 1980s. The present steel tower stands on foundations laid in 1986, and the structure itself was built between 1990 and 1992 after restitution.