Käflingsbergturm, Fire lookout and observation tower in Kargow, Germany

Käflingsbergturm is a steel lattice tower with a triangular cross-section, located on the Käflingsberg hill in the municipality of Kargow, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. It rises 55 m and has a publicly accessible observation platform as well as a cabin used as a fire monitoring station.

Construction began on 16 August 1999 after DeTeImmobilien received the building permit in April 1999; the tower was handed over to the mobile operator on 21 December 1999 and opened to visitors on 19 April 2000. Deutsche Telekom financed it and owned it for five years, during which the national park authority used the fire-watch cabin and observation platform rent-free. In 2005 the tower passed into the ownership of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

The tower stands inside Müritz National Park, one of the largest forested areas in Germany, and draws hikers who want to see the lake district from above. From the platform, the mix of forests and open water stretches in every direction.

The climb to the observation platform is steep, so sturdy footwear is a good idea before you start. On a clear day, the view from the top takes in the lakes of the Müritz area and the towns of Waren and Neustrelitz in the distance.

The tower combines three functions in one structure: a mobile radio base station sits above the fire-watch cabin at 36 m, while the public viewing platform is lower at 31 m. The cabin's height and the hilltop position allow fire spotters to locate blazes by sight lines to neighbouring watchtowers.