Deutscher Olymp, Mountain summit in Cuxhaven district, Germany

Deutscher Olymp is the highest point of the Wingst ridge in the Cuxhaven district of Lower Saxony. An observation tower with glass panels stands at the top, looking out over the flat North German lowlands and the surrounding waterways.

The Deutscher Olymp is an ice-age moraine of the Wingst ridge. The name first appears in 1848 in a document by Johann Ludwig Schmidt, director of the Hamburg-Altona telegraph line, who likely coined it from his interest in Greek mythology. In 1855 the innkeeper Hinrich Thumann formally renamed the bare Fahlenberg with a festival and a poem, and in 1860 he opened the first observation tower on the summit.

The name Deutscher Olymp ("German Olympus") was first recorded in 1848 in a document by Johann Ludwig Schmidt, director of the Hamburg-Altona telegraph line, who favoured Greek mythology. In 1855 the innkeeper Hinrich Thumann renamed the former Fahlenberg in a festival and a poem, and in 1860 he opened the first viewing tower on the hill.

The summit is reachable on foot from several nearby villages along walking trails that cross the surrounding wooded area. The tower is open during the day, and clear weather gives the best view over the Elbe and the coastal plain.

The concrete tower replaced a wooden lattice tower in 1973, not 1974; it stands 26.75 m tall on the northeast summit. The magnetic observatory on the southwest summit recorded the strength and direction of the Earth's field from 1938 and, from 1944, determined indices of magnetic disturbance.