Hainichblick

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The observation tower (April 2018) on Generalsblick hill (left)
View to the north on the Hainich

The Hainichblick is a lookout tower near Hütscheroda , a district of Hörselberg-Hainich in the Wartburg district and is located in the Hainich National Park in Thuringia .

The tower, which opened on June 17, 2011, stands on Heidelberg ( 448.1  m above sea level ) and is 20.15 meters high. It was built as a wooden structure and has an open staircase that is accessible via the artificially raised Generalsblick hill , as well as a covered viewing platform at a height of 16 meters . 34 solid cubic meters of wood were used for the construction, only indigenous types of timber were used: larch, oak, Douglas fir and spruce. Chemical wood preservatives were not used.

The tower is located in the western part of the national park area on the newly emerging "Wildcat Path" (marking: stylized cat). The location was previously known as “General Hill” - it is a relic from the time of the Kindel military training area, piled up a few meters high.

With the newly created observation tower, the national park has another attractive sight that can be visited without admission. The tower is a landmark and is used for orientation in the southern open area of ​​the park.

Web links

Commons : Hainichblick observation tower  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Up high on the Hainichblick observation tower , Hainich National Park, accessed on May 3, 2018
  2. ↑ Thuringian Land Surveying Office (ed.): TK25 sheet 4928 (Mihla) . Erfurt 1998, ISBN 3-86140-048-0 .
  3. ↑ a b Photo of the information board on the tower, on commons.wikimedia.org
  4. ↑ Fink: Tourist lighthouse. The new "Hainich-Blick" viewing platform offers a magnificent panoramic view . In: Allgemeine Anzeiger Eisenach . Issued June 22nd. Eisenach 2011, p. 5 .
  5. ↑ Manfred Großmann: "Hainich-Blick" viewing platform opened in the National Park. (No longer available online.) National Park Administration, June 17, 2011, archived from the original on February 2, 2016 ; Retrieved on June 23, 2011 : “The rapid growth of the trees on these areas that were cleared in 1980 for the exercise area expansion had meanwhile severely restricted this view, so that the idea of“ going up ”was born. From the Generalsblick a bridge now leads to the wooden viewing platform. At the very top, protected from the weather by a roof, the visitor can see how far the reforestation of these areas has already progressed. "

Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 15 ″  N , 10 ° 26 ′ 12.8 ″  E