The best-known lookout towers in Brandenburg
Ordered by how much has been written about each place. The numbers match the map.
Brandenburg's towers come in old and new. The Lubwartturm, 24 km from Riesa, dates from 1207; the Kaiser-Friedrich-Turm near Bernau bei Berlin from 1907; the Friedenswarte in Brandenburg an der Havel from 1974; and the Landmarke Lausitzer Seenland, known as the Rostiger Nagel, 7 km from Senftenberg, opened in 2008. Cottbus has the Spremberger Turm in town. Around Berlin: the Naturschutzturm Bergfelde 2 km from Hohen Neuendorf and the Wachtelturm 8 km from Strausberg.
Just 15 of the 56 observation towers RLQuest knows in Brandenburg have a Wikipedia article. Many are modest platforms by lakes and woods. Castles (179), ruins (78) and megalithic tombs (52) have pages here too. Climbing a tower is the sort of outdoor quest RLQuest sets and checks; the app knows from your route that you went.
Every dot is a place. The numbers mark the highlights listed below.
Ordered by how much has been written about each place. The numbers match the map.
A selection, best known first, with the nearest larger town next to each.
and 4 more
RLQuest knows these places too. Which means:
Some of your daily quests lead to a real place near you. The app uses your location to check you were really there.
If you're the first person in RLQuest to complete a quest at a place, it's your first find. The Place Book shows you which kinds of place you're still missing.
Every walk uncovers tiles, each about 350 m across. Over time you can see which corners you know well, and where you've never set foot.
Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. Borders: geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0); Canada: Statistics Canada. As of 2026-10-02. The list shows the places RLQuest knows and isn't complete. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons; author and license are credited on each photo.
