Visited:5. 12. 2015
History:At the very top of the Spiegelwald, where the villages of Beierfeld, Bernsbach and Grünhain meet, is a height of 728 metres above sea level. From here you can enjoy a breathtaking view of the surrounding landscape and the Erzgebirge peaks.
This magical panorama delighted the members of the Erzgebirge Schwarzenberg Association in 1878, who decided to erect a lookout tower here. Thanks to public collections and concerts, the necessary funds were raised and the foundation stone was laid on 9 July 1880 for the construction of this exceptional building. It was opened in September 1881 and named in honour of King Albert. It cost 4300 marks to build and was immediately opened to the public.
In 1886, a small shelter was added to the tower for bad weather, and in 1903 a brick house appeared at the foot of the tower where visitors could refresh themselves. It was only with this improvement that electricity was brought to the top of the Spiegelwald. In 1915, a glass extension was added to the tower, bringing it to a height of 20 metres. Unfortunately, the tower was closed in 1945 and in the 1960s it was taken over by the Berlin-Adlershof television studio, which held summer camps there, but the building gradually fell into disrepair and was even demolished in 1967.
The citizens of Spiegewald had long dreamed of rebuilding the tower and only after the reunification of Germany and the founding of the Spiegewald Tourist Board did it happen. On September 14, 1998, work on the new construction began. The big celebration came on 2 July 1999, when the top part of the so-called "glajcha" was placed. A few months later, on 3 December, the new tower was inaugurated.
This new building is the only barrier-free lookout tower in the Ore Mountains, but for real adventurers it presents a challenge in the form of 180 steps leading to the top, 32 metres from the ground.
Source:http://www.krusnohorsky.cz/2011/09/27/rozhledna-krale-alberta/
Impressions:A nice lookout tower, which can be seen from Schwarzenberg, but there was no time to go to it.
