Pfannenstiel observation tower

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Pfannenstiel observation tower
Image of the object
Basic data
Place: Egg
Canton: Zurich
Country: Switzerland
Altitude : 821  m
Coordinates: 47 ° 17 '26.9 "  N , 8 ° 40' 24.3"  E ; CH1903:  693 401  /  238502
Use: Observation tower
Accessibility: Observation tower open to the public
Tower data
Construction time : Summer 1992
Architect : K. Wolfermann & Co., Nanikon
Building material : Steel and cast iron riveted
Total height : 35.00  m
Viewing platform: 33.00  m
Position map
Pfannenstiel observation tower (Canton of Zurich)
Pfannenstiel observation tower
Pfannenstiel observation tower
Localization of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland

The Pfannenstiel observation tower (also known as the former Bachtel tower ) stands on the Pfannenstiel in the municipality of Egg in the canton of Zurich .

situation

The riveted steel and cast iron tower is approx. 35 meters high, the viewing platform is 33 meters high and was inaugurated in summer 1992. On the platform level there is an engraved directory of all visible landscape points, which can be found precisely using the engraving line and a metal spike as if using the rear sight and front sight . The engraving plates from 1992 were renewed in spring 2016.

The viewing platform can be reached via 174 steps and seven intermediate landings.

  • Current and historical images

  • Stairs

  • Viewing platform

  • Engraving plates from 1992

  • The tower in 1957 at the previous location on the Bachtel

  • Aerial photo from 1953

history

On May 1, 1893, the SAC Bachtel signed a contract with the then Bachtelwirt to build an iron tower on the Bachtel . The tower on the Eschenberg near Winterthur served as a model . The 54 meter high tower was built in record time and inaugurated on August 19, 1893. Without transports and foundations, it cost 12,700 francs. In the middle, a staircase with 159 steps led to the viewing platform at a height of 30 meters.

The steel lattice tower was placed under monument protection in 1979. Since it was not sufficient as an antenna carrier, it was dismantled by the PTT in 1985 and its parts stored. In 1992 it was rebuilt on the pan handle above the Hochwacht restaurant.

  • 360 ° panorama
  • Pfannenstiel observation tower 2018 360 Panorama.jpg

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pfannenstiel tower again orientates itself on the view , Zürichsee-Zeitung, March 15, 2016

Web links

Commons : Pfannenstiel Observation Tower  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files