Lookout tower on Černá Studnice

The stone lookout tower in Černá Studnice has been located since 1905. It is located at an altitude of 865 meters, approximately 7 km east of Jablonec nad Nisou.

The lookout tower with a total height of 24 meters has an observation platform located at a height of 21 meters above the ground. 91 steps lead to it and after their ascent you will have a really beautiful view of Tanvaldský Špičák, the lookout tower in Bramberk, Smržovka, Jablonec nad Nisou, Ralsko, Bezděz, Trosky and others.

The easiest way to get to the lookout tower is by car, if you drive through Dolní and Horní Studnice to the lookout tower, where there is a small parking lot.
If you go here on foot, just follow the tourist marked trails. From Tanvald, a red tourist sign leads here, via Terezínka, Muchov and Vrchura. This road is about 8 km long.
A blue tourist sign leads here from Rádel. You can also go directly from Jablonec nad Nisou along a green marked trail. This road is about 5 km long.

The lookout tower is open daily between 10:00 and 22:00 during the tourist season. In low season you can get here from Wednesday to Sunday from 10 am to 10 pm.

The lookout tower on Černá Studnica and the cottage near it have always been a popular place for tourists. Until 1905, there was only a stone platform with steps. It was modified in 1885 by the German Mountain Association for the Ještěd and Jizera Mountains. From the platform was a circular view from the ridge.

The Jablonec section of the Mountain Association longed for the construction of a cottage with a lookout tower. However, the association's headquarters in Liberec invested in the construction of Ještěd, so it did not want any further investment. For this reason, Jablonec tourists left the Liberec section and founded the Mountain Association for Jablonec and its surroundings. In the same year, a competition was announced for the construction of a lookout tower and inn, in which the architect Hemmrich won. The construction was carried out in 1904. The cottage with a lookout tower was first opened to the public on 14 August 1905. The lookout tower was 26 meters high and 160 cm thick masonry. The capacity of the adjacent inn gradually stopped trying, and so it was expanded in 1930.

At present, tourists can visit not only the lookout tower, but also the nearby restaurant and small arboretum, which was opened at the top of the tower in 2009 by the company Lesy ČR.

Author: Andrea Štyndlová