Eckkopf_Tower
Eckkopf Tower
Observation tower in the Palatine Forest of Germany
The Eckkopf Tower (German: Eckkopfturm) is a 25-metre-high observation tower on the eponymous Eckkopf (516 m), a major hill in the Palatine Forest of Germany. It has a tubular steel design and was erected in summer 1975 by the Deidesheim municipality. It has an observation height of 541 m above NN and offers a good all-round view – to the west, south and north over the Palatine Forest, and to the east over the Upper Rhine Plain.
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The tower had two predecessors. The first was built in 1891 and collapsed in 1920 during a storm. The second, built in 1973, was destroyed by fire. In the vicinity of the tower there is a restaurant.