Löwenbastion
Löwenbastion stands beside Maschsee in Hanover as an observation platform shaped like a bastion. It marks the end of the quay wall running from the lake’s northern shore, with views across the water and a mostly open space.
Built during the 1930s under National Socialist rule, the structure has a railing made by Siegfried Prütz. Two standing lion sculptures by Arno Breker arrived in 1938, replacing a plan for crocodile figures by Peter Schumacher. Their design draws on the Braunschweiger Löwe, while the platform becomes a concert and performance venue during the annual Maschseefest.
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The myTuur app is free, and once you are standing at a spot its story starts by itself.
Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Hanover. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.
What is myTuur?
myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.