Süntelturm

The Süntelturm is a 25-metre-high observation tower on the Hohe Egge (approx. 440 m above sea level), the highest elevation in the Süntel. In 1882, a wooden observation tower was opened there for the first time - the Augusta Tower. In 1899, after this tower had fallen into disrepair, construction began on the current sandstone Süntel Tower.

The listed monument round tower is 25 m high. A massive stonespiral staircase with 95 steps and a subsequent steel staircase with twelve steps leads up to the viewing platform. From the top, you can see the Steinhuder Meer (north), the Deister in the northeast, to Kleiner Deister and Nesselberg in the east, to Ith in the southeast, to Vogler and Solling in the south-southeast, to Hameln in the valley of the Weser and to Köterberg in the south, to Lipper Bergland in the southwest, to Wesergebirge in the west and to Bückeberg in the northwest; in good visibility conditions, the view extends as far as about 94 km (as the crow flies) away Brocken in Harz (south-east).
The adjoining forest restaurant is a great place to rest during a hike.