Tanzplan observation tower (Tanečnice, Czech Republic)

The lookout tower is located 3 km west of Mikulášovice and 0.5 km from the German-Czech border at an altitude of 598 m. There are 136 steps leading up to the tower. You can reach it from Mikulášovice along the blue hiking trail. You can drive to the forest parking lot, which is around one kilometer from the summit.

The eight-sided stone tower is the northernmost observation tower in the Czech Republic. The first wooden tower stood there as early as 1887, but it fell victim to a storm in 1903. A new tower was put into operation in 1905. The construction was financed by Count von Salm-Reifferscheidt.

There is a source of drinking water at the top of Tanzplan, which is why a 25 m deep well was dug there. From the observation tower, you have a magnificent view of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains and the Lusatian Mountains. You can see over the Schluckenauer Zipfel as far as Lusatia. On a clear day, you can also see the Ore Mountains and the Giant Mountains. The name of the mountain goes back to a legend according to which a beautiful young girl seduced a hunter with her dance here.