page_title: Jakobsberg (Porta Westfalica)
section_title: Bismarck Tower, Porta Westfalica
hierarchical_section_title: Jakobsberg (Porta Westfalica) / Bismarck Tower, Porta Westfalica
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: &#160;&#160;&#160;Alter Fermeldeturm (1952 bis 1974 / auch: Bismarckturm genannt) auf dem Jakobsberg in Porta Westfalica (siehe auch Deutsche Wikipedia: Jakobsberg (Porta Westfalica) English: &#160;&#160;&#160;The old telecommunication tower (1952 bis 1974 (also named: Bismarckturm) on the Jakobsberg in Porta Westfalica, Germany (see also English Wikipedia: Porta Westfalica)
context_page_description: The Jakobsberg is a hill, 235.2 m above sea level, that forms the westernmost peak of the Wesergebirge chain and is the eastern guardian of the Weser gorge, the Porta Westfalica or "Westphalian Gate", in North Rhine-Westphalia.
  The summit is the site of the Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower, which stands on the site of a former Bismarck Tower, near the Bismarckburg Inn, the Schlageter Monument and the Porta Bluff. Its name has been commonly used since 1788, when a Prussian publican, by the name of Jakob, cultivated a vineyard on its southern slopes.
context_section_description: In 1902 a Bismarck Tower was built on the highest point of the Jakobsberg (235.2 m) im memory of the old imperial Reich Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), by his admirers. The tower consisted of sandstone blocks, was 22 m high and was looked after by the Bismarck Federation (Bismarkbund). On its 50th anniversary (1952) it was torn down in order to make way for the first transmission tower on the Jakobsberg. The sandstone blocks of the Bismarck Tower were used to rebuild the town hall in Minden that had been destroyed in the Second World War.
caption: The old Bismarck Tower
   (1952 to 1974)
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