Arkona Hill (; ), previously known as Qusitorp Hill (; ), and Eckerberg Hill (), is a hill in the city of Szczecin, Poland, located within the neighbourhood of Osów. It forms a part of the Warszewo Hills, and is placed within the Arkona Forest Park. Its height messures is 70.3 m (230.64 ft.).Tadeusz Białecki (editor): Słownik współczesnych nazw geograficznych Pomorza Zachodniego z nazwami przejściowymi z lat 1945-1948. Szczecin: Pomeranian Library, 2002, p. 244. . (in Polish)Tadeusz Białecki: Encyklopedia Szczecina: P-Ż. Szczecin: University of Szczecin, 1999, p. 662. (in Polish)
History Between 1899 and 1904, on the hill was built the Qusitorp Tower, a 52-meter-tall (170.6 ft.) tower which included a coffeehouse at its base, and a viewing point on top.Peer Zietz: Franz Heinrich Schwechten. Edition Axel Menges, 1999, p. 35. . (in German) The building was destroyed between 1944 and 1945, during the Second World War. Currently, its ruins remain there.Damian Kolassa: Wieża Quistorpa: Od monumentu po ruinę. Volumina.pl, 2022. . (in Polish)
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