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Gauss Tower
The Gauss Tower is a reinforced concrete observation tower on the summit of the Hoher Hagen in Dransfeld, Germany. The tower can be reached directly by car. A restaurant with a panoramic view is located inside the tower.
The tower is named for Carl Friedrich Gauss, who made the large triangle from the Hohen Hagen break into Inselsberg a basis of his survey of Hanover.
From 1909 to 1963, there had already been a Gaussturm nearby. It broke when a quarry was expanded too far in the
- The ship "Gauss", used in the Gauss expedition to the Antarctic
- Gaussberg, an extinct volcano discovered by the above-mentioned expedition
- The crater Gauss on the Moon
- Asteroid 1001 Gaussia
- Gauss Peninsula, East Greenland
- Mount Gauss, in Antarctica, not to be confused with the aforementioned Gaussberg
- Gauss Tower, an observation tower in Dransfeld, Germany
- Gaußberg, a hill in Braunschweig
- Several buildings named "Gauss Haus" or "Gauss Building"