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The tower was proposed by architect Albert
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As of April 1992, all references to
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The tower was completed in just four months at a cost of 6,000 marks; it was inaugurated on 23 August 1902. Above the entrance was a
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in German), 6 km southwest of
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The tower is 20 m high and stands atop
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