Miscellaneous

Technical data concerning the tower:

Height: 74 m
Height of gallery: 45 m
Number of steps: 215

Reported in the 20th century

After the communists seized power in the former Czechoslovakia, the former belfry and watchtower once again became an observation post. From the 1950s, the infamous Czechoslovak secret police (STB) had a base and listening post here to monitor events at the embassies of Western states.

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