Taubenberg observation tower (Warngau)
The Taubenberg observation tower is a 30 meter high, roofed observation tower on the Taubenberg in the Miesbach district .
location
The tower is in the area of the municipality of Warngau in the district of Miesbach . From the mountain in front of you you have a good view of the Alps and Munich when there is foehn .
history
As early as 1892 a wooden observation tower was built on the Taubenberg. The tower, sponsored by a manufacturer, developed into a destination for day trippers from Munich.
Today's tower was originally planned as the final structure of the Kaltenbach spring connection of the Munich water supply . Since the subsoil in the valley was not stable enough for the tower, the Reisacher Wasserschlösschen stands there today . The City of Munich's magistrate therefore decided at the end of 1908 to replace the dilapidated wooden tower with this monumental building.
Work began in 1910. The new tower was built entirely from tuff , which was delivered via the Holzkirchen – Schliersee railway line and transported from Unterthalham train station to a height of 878 m in horse-drawn vehicles . The official inauguration of the observation tower took place on June 21, 1911. At that time it was in the district of the then still independent community of Gotzing .
The tower is accessible via two counter-rotating spiral stairs . The Münchner Kindl can be seen above the entrance portal . In the first few years, the city of Munich, as the owner of the tower, demanded entry for him. Since then, visitors have been able to borrow keys from the Taubenberg mountain inn during its opening hours for a deposit. The observation tower is open from May to October.
literature
- Klaus Kratzsch: District Miesbach (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.15 ). 2nd improved edition. Munich / Zurich 1987.
Individual evidence
Web links
- taubenberg.de: To Nüchternbrunn & to the observation tower
- The Tower of the Taubenberg Article in merkur-online.de
Coordinates: 47 ° 49 ′ 38.6 " N , 11 ° 45 ′ 14.7" E