Eschkopfturm

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Eschkopfturm
Eschkopfturm in 2014

Eschkopfturm in 2014

Data
place Farmsteads
Construction year 1902
height 20 m
Coordinates 49 ° 18 '37.2 "  N , 7 ° 51' 13.6"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 18 '37.2 "  N , 7 ° 51' 13.6"  E
Eschkopfturm (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Eschkopfturm

The Eschkopfturm , sometimes also called Ludwigsturm , is a lookout tower that is located on the eponymous Eschkopf in the Palatinate Forest. It is a listed building .

location

The Eschkopfturm is located in the Frankenweide , as the middle part of the Palatinate Forest is called, on the boundary of the local community Wilgartswiesen . It is located in the middle of a closed forest area. The settlement area of ​​the district Hofstätten is around three kilometers south . Bundesstrasse 48 runs around 200 meters to the north . About four kilometers further north is the hamlet of Johanniskreuz, which belongs to the local community of Trippstadt .

features

The tower made of red sandstone , which is an octagonal structure, is around 20 meters high. In the tower itself there is a spiral staircase with 98 steps that leads to a viewing platform , on the east side of which there is a small balcony-shaped porch.

history

Before the tower was erected, there was a wooden tower at its current location during Napoleon's time , the function of which was an optical telegraph . Such facilities were built on several mountains along the Mainz - Paris line . These were used to transmit messages.

The Eschkopfturm itself was built in 1902. The purpose of its establishment was the national survey .

Connection

The Eschkopfturm is connected to the network of hiking trails in the Palatinate Forest. About him leading long-distance path Franken-Hessen-Palatinate , as its mark with a red cross is used. In addition, a path marked 9 also leads to the tower.

Web links

Commons : Eschkopfturm  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e palzpix.de: Eschkopfturm, on the "Palatinate Gotthard" . Retrieved April 3, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district of Südwestpfalz. Mainz 2020, p. 54 (PDF; 8.7 MB).
  3. ↑ a b wanderportal-pfalz.de: Tower 1: Eschkopfturm - viewing island in the ocean of forests . Retrieved April 3, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b berge-gipfel.de: Lookout towers of the Palatinate and adjacent areas . Retrieved April 3, 2015 .