Von-der-Heydt Tower
The Von-der-Heydt-Turm is an observation tower at a height of 274 m above sea level. NN in front of the Königshöhe on the Kiesberg , which rises south of the Wupper in the Wuppertal district of Elberfeld-West .
The tower was built in 1892 with donations (10,000 marks) from the Elberfeld banker August Freiherr von der Heydt and named after the founder. It was built in the style of the German Renaissance according to the design of the Elberfeld town building inspector Schaumann . He is 20 m high. Today, volunteer towers enable groups to visit the tower.
A bronze plaque commemorating the donor family was stolen during World War II. In 2013 a stele with an information board with the history of the building was erected.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wuppertaler Rundschau : Historical table back again , from April 17, 2013
Web links
- Entry in the Wuppertal monument list
- Von-der-Heydt Tower as a 3D model in SketchUp's 3D warehouse
Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 41 ″ N , 7 ° 7 ′ 15 ″ E