St Anne's Hill Observation Tower

The St Anne's Hill Observation Tower is a historic stone tower in Nowa Ruda, standing on St Anne's Hill, which is part of the Włodzickie Hills in the Kłodzko region.

Construction and material

The tower was built of local sandstone with a characteristic red colour, known as building sandstone. It is entered in the register of immovable monuments of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.

One of several towers in the Central Sudetes

The tower on St Anne's Hill is one of several observation towers in the Central Sudetes. Similar structures stand, among other places, on All Saints' Hill, where the All Saints' Hill Observation Tower operates, as well as on Grodziszcze, where only a ruin survives, on Kalenica, Wielka Sowa, Włodzicka Góra and in Suszyna.

Practical information

• Address: St Anne's Hill, Nowa Ruda
• Getting there: the tower stands on St Anne's Hill within Nowa Ruda; access is on foot via a trail leading up the hill
• What to expect: a historic masonry observation tower, with no official website giving current opening hours, so it is worth checking accessibility on site or at the local tourist information point