Bismarck Tower
The sole surviving Bismarck tower in France is in the commune of Le Ban-Saint-Martin near Metz. The tower was erected in 1902 when the area was part of Alsace-Lorraine, a Reichsland of the German Empire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: TCY, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mont Saint-Quentin in Moselle Valley and Château Lasalle.
Mont Saint-Quentin in Moselle Valley
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Mount Saint-Quentin is a summit that lays in Moselle Valley to the west of the Metz area. Due to its location, it played a strategic role in observation, protection, and communication for the city of Metz located below.
Château Lasalle
Castle
Photo: Aimelaime, Public domain.
Château Lasalle is a castle, which is situated 1 km east of Bismarck Tower.
Church Sankt-Brigide of Plappevile
Church
Photo: Aimelaime, Public domain.
Church Sankt-Brigide of Plappevile is situated 1 km northwest of Bismarck Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Metz and Imperial Quarter of Metz.
Metz
Imperial Quarter of Metz
Quarter
Woippy
Town
Photo: Freddo, Public domain.
Woippy is a French commune in the Moselle department, Grand Est, located near Metz. Woippy houses the 6th Régiment du matériel. Woippy-Triage is the largest classification yard in France. Woippy is situated 3½ km north of Bismarck Tower.
Bismarck Tower
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: tower-shaped Bismarck monument in Metz
- Categories: Bismarck tower, tower, building, tourism, historic site, and memorial
- Location: Scy-Chazelles, Arrondissement of Metz-Ville, Moselle, Grand Est, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.12173° or 49° 7′ 18″ northLongitude
6.13571° or 6° 8′ 9″ eastNetwork
BismarckturmOpen location code
8FX844CP+M7OpenStreetMap ID
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historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q3533024
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Bismarck Tower” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “梅斯俾斯麦塔”
- French: “tour Bismarck de Metz”
- French: “Tour Bismarck de Metz”
- German: “Bismarckturm”
- Japanese: “ビスマルク塔”
- Low German: “Tour Bismarck”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bismarckturm”
- Russian: “Башня Бисмарка”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bismarck Tower”. Photo: TCY, CC BY-SA 3.0.