Hohe Warte, Mountain summit in Thuringia, Germany.

Hohe Warte is a 765-metre subsidiary summit of the Rumpelsberg in the Ilm district of Thuringia, standing on the Elgersburg municipal area about 200 metres above the village. On its top stands the 33-metre Carl-Eduard-Warte, an observation tower built of porphyry from a nearby quarry, with a neighbouring excursion inn and beer garden.

The current tower was built in 1911 after two earlier structures on this mountain had collapsed. Its construction followed the founding of a local society in 1899 that had gathered funds for the project.

The tower on Hohe Warte has served as a popular destination for walkers and nature lovers from the region for more than a century. The surrounding forests and paths shape how local people spend their free time and connect with the landscape.

The summit can be reached by car via the largely asphalted L2645 road from Elgersburg, or on foot from Manebach, Elgersburg, Geraberg or the Mönchhof. The Carl-Eduard-Warte tower is 33 metres high, and tickets for climbing it are sold at the excursion restaurant with beer garden on the summit.

The tower is 33 metres high, and the nearby porphyry quarry supplied most of its building stone. The restaurant beside it long lacked running water: electricity only arrived in 1967 and taps not before 1978.