Rozhledna Bernard, Observation tower at Family Brewery Bernard, Humpolec, Czech Republic.
Rozhledna Bernard is an eight-sided steel lattice tower built around the chimney of the brewery's gas boiler house in central Humpolec. A spiral staircase inside the lattice leads to an observation deck at 33 m; the structure reaches 40.7 m with the chimney extension.
The idea of a brewery observation tower emerged before 2016, and an architectural competition in May 2017 produced the technical design. Construction began in August 2020 and finished in January 2021, but the opening was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic until 1 June 2022. Petr Bernard, brother of the brewery director, was one of the tower's authors.
The tower stands in the grounds of the Bernard brewery in the centre of Humpolec, and its name refers to Petr Bernard, brother of the brewery's director and one of its authors. The structure wraps around the chimney of the brewery's gas boiler room, so the climb passes the plant itself.
The spiral staircase and the 33-metre viewing deck are enclosed with safety mesh, and an automatic turnstile limits access to 25 visitors at a time. The tower stands in the brewery grounds in central Humpolec, so you enter through the brewery's visitor facilities.
The viewing gallery stands 33 m up, three metres higher than the gallery of St Nicholas Church 200 m away, and nine metres higher above sea level. The whole structure with its chimney extension reaches 40.7 m. An automatic turnstile limits access to 25 visitors at a time.
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