Hagenturm
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Hagenturm
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| Place: | Merishausen | |||
| Canton: | Schaffhausen | |||
| Country: | Switzerland | |||
| Altitude : | 908.5 m | |||
| Coordinates: 47 ° 46 '26.6 " N , 8 ° 34' 3.3" E ; CH1903: six hundred and eighty-four thousand six hundred twenty-four / 292109 | ||||
| Use: | Observation tower | |||
| Accessibility: | Observation tower open to the public | |||
| Tower data | ||||
| Construction time : | 1989 | |||
| Building material : | Steel framework construction | |||
| Viewing platform: | 40.00 m | |||
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The Hagenturm is a 40 meter high steel lattice tower near Merishausen on the Randen . It was built in 1989 on behalf of the federal government in just three weeks and replaced an earlier tower that was built for surveying purposes. The design comes from the Schaffhausen engineer Erwin Klaiber. The tower stands at 908.5 meters above sea level, about 93 meters south of the highest point in the canton of Schaffhausen .
The viewing platform can be reached via 225 steps. On this there are seating and four panorama boards. Above the treetops there is a panoramic view from the Black Forest to the Alps.
One of the peculiarities Hagen tower is that it on its top a radome of the Swiss Army carries. The property including the access road (2300 m 2 ) belongs to the Swiss Confederation.
Hagenturm
platform
platform
stairway
history
In 1903 the old Hagenturm was built. It was 14 meters high and made of reinforced concrete. From 1949 climbing the tower was banned. For this reason, the lowest section of the ladder was dismantled and deposited in the Beggingen customs office.
Old Hagenturm
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