Froebel Tower
The Froebel Tower is a lookout tower near the mountain town of Oberweißbach in the Thuringian Slate Mountains . It was erected between 1888 and 1890 on the summit of the 784.2 m high Kirchberg by the Thuringian Forest Association as a token of thanks for Friedrich Froebel , the founder of the kindergartens . There is a restaurant in an annex .
history
The Froebelturm is a tower, inaugurated in 1890, made of local slate , with a closed viewing platform and a roof. After war-related damage, the tower was repaired again in 1946 and clad with asbestos cement panels in 1969 . In 1989/90 renovations and extensions were carried out on the tower and the restaurant, and between 2007 and 2011 further renovations and the installation of new windows.
tourism
The tower's viewing platform offers a good panoramic view of the Thuringian Forest , the Thuringian Slate Mountains and many of the surrounding hilltop villages. In addition to a road connection, the Fröbelturm can also be easily reached with the Oberweißbacher Bergbahn . The hike from the final stop of the flat route in Cursdorf takes about 45 minutes.
In June 2015 the Froebel Tower Festival "125 Years Froebel Tower" was celebrated. The tower is protected as a cultural monument.
literature
- Friedrich Hofmann : A tower of honor for Friedrich Froebel . In: The Gazebo . Issue 48, 1887, pp. 796 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Jens Unartikel: Festschrift - 125 years of Fröbelturm Oberweißbach (1890–2015). Oberweißbach 2015, 22 pp.
Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 36.1 ″ N , 11 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ E