Observation Tower Blahutovice, Wooden observation tower in Jeseník nad Odrou, Czech Republic.
Observation Tower Blahutovice is a 27.5-metre tower northeast of the village of Blahutovice, completed in 2021. Eight triangular pillars of glued wooden panels stand around a galvanised steel central column, which encloses a circular staircase of 85 steps leading to a platform 15 metres above the ground. A tiled technical room at ground level forms a cross-shaped base anchoring the structure, and the tower is lit at night.
The first steps toward a tower came in 2015, when the municipality polled residents on two designs and the council approved Tomáš Kudělka's variant that September. Construction began in August 2020 after a second tender, carried out by Suntel Czech of Zlín, and cost about 10.2 million CZK. It opened freely in July 2021 and was formally inaugurated on 26 August 2021, as the last of the Silesianka trail towers.
The tower is the final structure of the Silesianka project, a trail of lookout towers and viewpoints in the Euroregion Silesia. It was built alongside towers at Sosnová, Odry, Slatina, Šibenice and Budišov nad Budišovkou between 2018 and 2021, funded largely by the INTERREG V-A Czech Republic–Poland programme.
The best time to visit is during clear weather, when visibility from the top is good. You can reach the area by driving from Jeseník nad Odrou toward Dub or by hiking the trails that pass nearby.
The tower's 85 steps lead to a platform 15 metres up, and at night the structure is lit. About 2.8 km away is the train stop in the village of Polom, and a future nuclear power plant has been considered for the area around Blahutovice.
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