Former site of wanghuolou

The watchtower was built in 1905. It is a German style building. It is located on the top of Guanxiang 1st Road, Shinan District, Qingdao, with a height of 18 meters. It is a landmark building in Qingdao. Kurt roker, a German, designed the watchtower. It was used as a fire watchtower at that time, Once a fire is found, the person on duty in the building will ring the copper alarm bell hanging on the roof of the building, first ring the random bell for 30 times, and then inform the fire brigade of the location of the fire by the lower number of the bell, that is, the Southern District will ring once, the Northern District will ring twice, and so on. Around 1930, after Qingdao opened automatic dial-up telephone, the function of watchtower was gradually replaced by telephone alarm. By the early 1940s, the watchtower, which had completed its historical mission, had been closed. Standing on the rooftop, you can have a panoramic view of the red tiles, green trees, blue sea and blue sky in the west of Qingdao.

Address: slope top of Guanxiang 1st Road, Shinan District, Qingdao

Longitude: 120.3248

Latitude: 36.070346

Traffic information: traffic:

Take No. 228, No. 231, get off at Huangdao road and walk 136 meters

Take 308 to Jiaozhou Road and walk 223 meters