Soestwarte, Stone tower in Beckum, Germany.

The Soestwarte is a stone tower in Beckum that rises approximately 23 meters high. The structure is built entirely from stone and displays features typical of the region's historical architecture.

The Soestwarte was built around 1400 as one of two watchtowers on the 18-kilometre Landwehr ring around Beckum, the largest in the Münsterland at 2,190 hectares. It is first documented in 1464. In 1824 surveyor Johann Jakob Vorlaender found the wall ring intact but the interior hollow; the town funded a more comfortable conversion. In 1889 the tower was raised to 23.3 metres and given a sandstone gallery and battlements, removed again in 1955.

The tower's interior was painted in 1958 by Beckum artist W. Enkmann with scenes of local pranks known as the Beckumer Anschläge, including the town watch, the town coat of arms, the "Beckumer Pütt" and "Der Beckumer Ochse". The tower is also called Soester Warte, after the road to Soest it guarded.

The tower stands 2.5 km southeast of Beckum's centre on the Lippborger Straße, on the 160-metre Höxberg. The climb to the top is via an internal staircase; there is no lift. The site is not staffed, so check daylight hours before visiting.

The interior was painted in 1958 by the Beckum painter W. Enkmann with scenes of the town, including several of the Beckum pranks: the town watch, the town coat of arms, the "Beckumer Pütt" and "The Beckum Ox", which was hauled up the town wall on a rope so it could graze the grass growing there.