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The Poolshoogte is a hill with a lookout tower on Boswachter Meelkerlaan in the Odoorn forestry in the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, province of Drenthe.

In 1934, during the second reclamation phase of the area, a hill of 13 meters high was constructed on the orders of forest ranger Meelker, based on a design by his son, who also coined the name Poolshoogte. The "job" was carried out as part of a work creation scheme. The workers initially had to do this with shovels and wheelbarrows. A journalist who described the construction of the hill referred to it as the Blood Mountain of Exloo, due to the blood blisters on the hands of the workers. This unofficial name is still in use today. The top of the hill is located 38 meters above sea level. Two paths lead to the top, forming a so-called double helix. From the top, the young planting in the surrounding area could be well monitored: one could "take stock".

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