List of observation towers in Bavaria

The list of observation towers in Bavaria contains structures that have observation options that are accessible to the public. It includes observation towers , television towers and water towers , high-rise buildings , church towers , stationary rides and other observation platforms - including former towers (etc.). The lists do not include traveling panoramic rides.

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Note: The table columns can be sorted using the symbols in the column headings. In the initial view, the towers are sorted by total height (descending), if the height is the same, by name of the structure (ascending).

Existing structures

Name of the structure	place	construction year	Total height ( m )	Platform form- height (m)	up train	Building type	Remarks	image
Telecommunication tower Nuremberg	Nuremberg location	1981	292.8	185	Yes	Transmission tower (reinforced concrete)	closed since 1991
Olympic Tower	Munich location	1968	291.28	192 189 185	Yes	Transmission tower (reinforced concrete)
Dorint hotel tower	Augsburg location	1972	158		Yes	skyscraper
Frauenkirche south tower	Munich location	1494	098.45		Yes	Steeple	closed since 2012 (renovation)
Top of the World (ride)	Geiselwind location	1999	095	072	Yes	Gyro tower	largest transportable observation tower in the world
Martinsturm (Amberg)	Amberg location	1720	091.5	062	No	Steeple	with a watchman's room
Old peter	Munich location	1490	091	056	No	Steeple	306 steps
Daniel	Nordlingen location	1490	089.9	070.3	No	Steeple	Viewing gallery above the tower room
Town Hall Tower (Munich)	Munich location	1905	085		Yes	town hall
Reconnaissance tower high arch	Rimbach location	1967	075	050	No	Reinforced concrete with metal outside stairs	accessible as a lookout tower since 2014
North tower Dreieinigkeitskirche (Regensburg)	Regensburg location	1631	070		No	Steeple	Height approx.
Perlach Tower	Augsburg location	10th century	070		No	brick tower	258 steps; former watchtower
Town Hall Tower (Rothenburg ob der Tauber)	Rothenburg ob der Tauber location	14th century	070	060	No	brick tower	220 steps; Total height approx.
City Tower (Straubing)	Straubing location	14th century	068		No	brick tower	closed viewing level in the old tower room
Legoland Günzburg observation tower	Günzburg location	2002	065	050 0to 0 00	Yes	Steel tube tower (Gyro Tower)	Legoland observation tower
Martinsturm (Memmingen)	Memmingen location	15th century	065		No	Steeple	with a watchman's room
Whistle tower	Ingolstadt location	1400	063	045	No	brick tower	former watchtower with a tower room
Dinkelsbühl cathedral tower	Dinkelsbühl location	15th century	062		No	Steeple
Church tower Liebfrauenmünster (Donauwörth)	Donauwörth location	1467	057		No	Steeple	218 steps to the viewing gallery in the tower room
Schimmelturm (Lauingen)	Lauingen (Danube) location	1478	054		No	brick tower	formerly used as a watchtower
Klaus tower	Flour chisel location	1970	046		No	steel construction	covered
City tower (Erding)	Erding location	14th century	046	035	No	brick church tower	closed viewing platform in the tower room
Liberation Hall	Kelheim location	1863	045	0	Yes	brick monument	upper outer handling as a viewing gallery
Frankenwarte observation tower	Wurzburg location	1894	044.5	037.5	No	brick tower	closed viewing platform
Tree tower (Neuschönau)	Neuschönau location	2009	044		No	Steel-wood construction	Part of the Bavarian Forest treetop path
City Tower (Waldmünchen)	Waldmünchen location	15th century	044	035.4	No	brick church tower	closed viewing level; with a tower parlor and a tower clock museum
Steigerwald observation tower treetop path	Ebrach location	2016	042		No	Wooden structure	Part of the Steigerwald treetop path
Sinwell Tower	Nuremberg location	13th century	041		No	brick tower	closed viewing platform; Height with weather vane
Skywalk Allgäu observation tower	Scheidegg location	2010	040		Yes	steel construction	covered
Bayerstorm	Lohr am Main location	14th century	040		No	brick tower	Viewing level in the tower room
Adventure wooden ball	Steinberg am See location	2019	040	040	No	Wooden structure	Part of the inMotion Park Steinberg am See; with adventure stations and tube slide
Bayern tower	Zimmerau location	1966	038		No
Ladder to Heaven (Pottenstein)	Pottenstein location	2014	037	025.5	No	steel construction	covered; also transmission tower for digital BOS radio
Randeck castle keep	Essing location	1300	036		No	brick tower	Year of construction approx.
Haidel Tower	Haidel location	1999	035.16	030.33	No	Wooden tower
Ebersberg observation tower	Ebersberg location	1914	035	030th	No	Reinforced concrete tower	covered; Platform height approx.
Observation tower Wildpark Oberreith	Unterreit situation	2012	035	030th	No	?	covered; with zip line Flying Fox
Upper Palatinate Tower	Waldershof- Hohenhard location	2000	035	030th	No	Wooden tower	covered
City tower (Furth im Wald)	Furth im Wald location	1865	035		No	brick tower	with a tower room and museum in the tower
Castle keep Zwernitz	Sanspareil location	12th century	034.5		No	brick tower with wooden structure	closed viewing platform
Kuchlbauer tower	Abensberg location	2010	034.19	025th	Yes	Reinforced concrete tower	also called Hundertwasser Tower
Wittelsbach Tower (Bad Kissingen)	Bad Kissingen-Arnshausen location	1906	033		No	brick tower
Town hall tower courtyard	Courtyard location	1566	00?	032	No	brick tower	152 steps to the surrounding viewing gallery
Rödlas observation tower	Rödla's location	1977	032		No	brick tower	4 viewing platforms; also called the mass judge tower
Ossinger Tower	Koenigstein location	2013	032		No	Wooden tower	also cell phone tower; covered; Height with antennas
Stückberg Tower	Eslarn location	1974	032		No	brick tower with wooden cladding	closed glazed viewing platform
Birnbaum water tower	Pear tree location	1989	032	029	No	Reinforced concrete with partial shuttering	covered
Waldenfelswarte	Arzberg location	1961	032		No	Steel lattice tower	covered; 2017 increased by 12 m
Lichtenburg keep ruin	Ostheim in front of the Rhön location	1159	031		No	brick tower	closed viewing platform with windows
Bohemian Forest Tower	Schönsee location	1984	030.17		No	Wooden tower	covered
Viewing platform Waldwipfelweg Sankt Englmar-Maibrunn	Sankt Englmar -Maibrunn location	2008	030th		No	Wooden structure	Part of the Sankt Englmar – Maibrunn forest top trail
Kadernberg observation tower	Schönberg location	1975	030th		No	Wooden tower	covered; with climbing wall
Taubenberg observation tower	Warngau location	1911	030th		No	Tufa	Replacement for a wooden tower built in 1892
Bismarck Tower Berg-Assenhausen	Berg-Assenhausen location	1899	030th	003	No	brick tower	Viewing platform at the foyer
Henneberger Warte	Bad Rodach location	1987	030th		No	Reinforced concrete tower
Moritzberg Tower	Moritzberg location	1911	030th		No	brick tower	built as a Bismarck tower; from 1918 Hindenburg tower; today Moritzberg tower
Deer tower	Kulmbach location	1498	030th		No	brick tower	formerly a waiting and signal tower
Römerturm (Oberschönegg)	Oberschönegg location	1462	030th		No	brick tower	Keep
Vestner Tower	Zirndorf location	1980	030th	028	No	brick tower	covered
Schwedenschanze observation tower	Eichelsdorf location	2001	029.14		No	Steel construction with wooden cladding on a brick substructure	3 viewing platforms
Schmausenbuckturm	Nuremberg location	1888	029		No	brick tower	covered
Tavern tower	Wurzburg location	1275	028.5		No	brick tower	former keep; Rebuilt as a lookout tower at the end of the 19th century
Langdorf observation tower	Langdorf location	2007	028		No	Wooden tower	covered
Wallburg castle keep	Eltmann location	14th century	028		No	brick tower
Prince Regent Tower	Neustadt bei Coburg location	1905	028		No	brick tower
Bavaria	Munich location	1853	027.4		No	Bronze statue on stone base
Andreas Därr Tower	Krassolzheim location	1927	027		No	brick tower with timber-framed half-timbered structure	closed glazed viewing platform
Brotjacklriegel observation tower	Schöfweg location	1924	027		No	Wooden structure
Oberfrauenwald observation tower	Waldkirchen -Oberfrauenwald location	2001	027		No	steel construction	with 360 ° webcam since 2013
Hohentrüdingen castle keep	Hohentrüdingen location	12th century	027		No	brick tower	church tower since the 18th century
Mildenburg keep	Miltenberg location	1200	027		No	brick tower	Year of construction approx.
Hirschberg observation tower	Drove location	1973	026.5		No	Wooden tower	covered
Thuringian Control Center	Lauenstein location	1963	026.5		No	Steel construction with sheet metal cladding
Luitpold Tower (Cham)	Cham location	1902	026th		No	brick tower	covered; 1975 increased
Schönburgwarte	Great Kornberg location	1954	026th		No	brick tower	covered
Cadolzburg observation tower	Cadolzburg location	1893	025th		No	brick tower	covered; popularly also called "pencil"
Danube valley observation tower	Offingen location	2006	025th		No	Wooden tower with steel stairs	covered
Gronsdorf observation tower	Gronsdorf location	2005	025th	018th	No	steel construction	Spire with wind turbine; Heights approx.
Klingenberg observation tower	Klingenberg am Main location	1903	025th	022 012.5	No	brick tower	Total height approx .; lower platform on balcony
Ochsenstiegl observation tower	Thurmansbang location	000?	025th		No	Wooden tower	80 steps; covered
Rauher Kulm observation tower	Neustadt am Kulm location	1987	025th		No	brick tower
Thurndorf observation tower	Thurndorf location	2015	025th		No	steel construction	Height approx.
Pappenheim Castle Keep	Pappenheim location	12th century	025th		No	brick tower
Bismarck Tower courtyard	Courtyard location	1921	025th	024 020 ? 00	No	brick tower	upper platform height approx.
Ludwigsturm	Bad Kissingen location	1883	025th		No	brick tower
Schlossberg Tower (Lichtenberg)	Lichtenberg location	1936	025th		No	brick tower	covered; Erected on the stump of the old keep
Quadruple Storm	Pastures in the Upper Palatinate location	1924	025th		No	brick tower	covered
Neunussberg Castle residential tower	Neunussberg location	14th century	025th		No	brick tower
Arzbergturm	Ellenbach location	1885	024.6		No	brick tower
Illersteg lookout tower Legau	Legau location	2015	024.4	022.25	No	steel construction	Viewing platform on the southern pylon of the suspension bridge over the Iller
Aces tower	Ochsenkopf location	1923	024		No	brick tower
Thierstein castle keep	Thierstein location	14th century	024		No	brick tower	covered viewing platform
Bergfried castle ruin Leuchtenberg	Leuchtenberg location	1300	024		No	brick tower	Year of construction approx.
Bergfried castle ruin Sulzberg	Sulzberg location	around 1170	024		No	brick tower	with museum in the tower
Mindelburg keep	Mindelheim location	1500	024		No	brick tower	Year of construction approx.
Mottener Haube observation tower	Moth location	2005	023.8		No	steel construction	partially covered with wood
Kemnat castle keep	Kaufbeuren -Großkemnat location	1185	023	016.5	No	brick tower	covered; Total height approx.
Geißkopf tower	Bischofsmais location	000?	023		No	Wooden tower	covered
Rohrbühl tower	Münchberg location	1937	023		No	brick tower	also war memorial
Hohenmirsberger Platte observation tower	Hohenmirsberg location	2008	022nd		No	Wooden tower	covered
Kirchberg observation tower	Helmbrechts location	1895	022nd		No	brick tower
Altnussberg castle keep	Geiersthal- Altnußberg location	12th century	022nd		No	brick tower
Bergfried castle ruins Wolfstein	Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate location	12th century	022nd		No	brick tower
Saaleck castle keep	Hammelburg location	12th century	022nd	021st	No	brick tower	Height without stairs superstructure
Dr. Hönlein Tower	Schweinheim location	1937	022nd		No	brick tower	covered
Lucas Cranach Tower	Weißenbrunn-Thonberg location	1913	022nd		No	brick tower
Rother Kuppe observation tower	Hausen-Roth location	1967	021.5		No	Reinforced concrete tower with shingling	Wanderheim next to the tower
Schlossberg Tower (Regenstauf)	Regenstauf location	1891	021.5	018th	No	brick tower	covered; Increased in 1952; Heights approx.
Eckardtsturm	Coburg location	1873	021st		No	brick tower
King Ludwig Tower	Markt Bibart location	000?	021st	019.3	No	Wooden tower	Heights approx .; also called Markt Bibart observation tower
Bismarck Tower Augsburg	Steppach near Augsburg location	1905	020.5		No	brick tower
Bismarck Tower Lichtenfels	Lichtenfels location	1904	020.5		No	brick tower	built as a victory observation tower, since 1933 Bismarck tower; later also called Herbergturm
Alpkönigblick observation tower	Missen-Wilhams location	2007	020th		No	Wooden tower	partially covered; Height approx.
Bayernwarte	Furth im Wald location	1975	020th		No	Wooden structure on reinforced concrete foundation	covered
Bergfried castle ruin Helmishofen	Helmishofen location	12th century	020th		No	brick tower	covered since 2014; also called the Roman Tower
Bergfried castle ruins Kallmünz	Kallmünz location	12th century	020th		No	brick tower
Grenzlandturm	Neualbenreuth location	1961	020th	019th	No	Wooden structure with copper cladding	closed viewing platform
Ladder to Heaven (Tirschenreuth)	Tirschenreuth location	2012	020th		No	steel construction	70 m long observation structure on the Vizinalbahnradweg
Magnus Tower	Kasendorf location	1498	020th		No	brick tower
Pinocchio Tower	Hauzenberg location	000?	020th		No	Wooden tower	official name "Der Noble von Hauzenberg"
Pressecker Knock Tower	Presseck location	1985	020th		No	Wooden tower	covered
Radspitzturm	Seibelsdorf location	1955	020th	015 012.5	No	brick tower	boarded up with wood; covered
Rapunzel Tower (Legau)	Legau location	2014	020th		No	brick tower	covered; Height approx.
Ludwigsturm (Hahnenkamm)	Alzenau-Hörstein location	1880	019th	016 012	No	brick tower	Total height approx .; Increased in 1934, provided with a steel attachment in 2004; upper platform covered
Weißenstein Tower	Stammbach location	1925	019th		No	brick tower	covered
Zabelstein observation tower	Zabelstein location	1979	018.84		No	Wooden structure
Wiedeturm	Issigau location	1903	018.55	015th	No	brick tower
Keep Castle Holdberg	Scheuring location	13th century	018th		No	brick tower	covered; Height approx.
Bismarck Tower Memmingen	Memmingen location	1904	018th		No	brick tower
Prince Luitpold Tower	Döbraberg location	1902	018th		No	Iron construction
Residential tower Lobenstein castle ruins (Upper Palatinate)	Zell location	12th century	018th		No	brick tower	Year of construction probably
Oak Tower (Guttenberger Forest)	Guttenberger Wald location	2015	017.5	012	No	Wooden tower	covered; with 4 balconies
Pfaffenbühl observation tower	Mähring location	1973	017th		No	brick tower	closed viewing platform; Height approx.
Schwarzes Moor observation tower	Fladungen location	2007	017th	014th	No	Wooden tower	80 steps; covered; popularly called "wheat glass"; identical to the Dillblick observation tower
Siegesturm (Bayreuth)	Bayreuth location	1874	017th		No	brick tower
Gotthard ruin stair tower	Weilbach location	17th century	017th	016	No	brick tower	Heights approx.
Dreistelzberg observation tower	Bad Brückenau location	1895	016.2	015.2 9 00	No	Steel lattice tower	Completely dismantled, renovated and rebuilt in 2002
Murner See observation tower	Schwarzenfeld location	2010	016	012 9 00	No	Wooden tower	covered
Ratzinger Höhe observation tower	Rimsting location	2011	016	012 9.1 6.2 3.3 00 00 00	No	Wooden tower	covered; used to be in the grounds of the State Garden Show Rosenheim
Scharfeneck keep ruin	Oberscheinfeld location	13th century	016		No	brick tower
Bismarck Tower Coburg	Coburg location	1901	016		No	brick tower
Labyrinth tower	Courtyard location	1877	016		No	brick tower
Bullenheim observation tower	Bullenheim location	1972	015th		No	boarded wooden tower	closed glazed viewing platform
Kleiner Kulm observation tower	Körbeldorf location	2000	015th		No	Wooden structure
Schwarzenburg castle keep	Rötz location	11th century	015th		No	brick tower
Bismarck Tower Würzburg	Wurzburg location	1905	015th		No	brick tower
Dragon Tower (Treffelstein)	Treffelstein location	1290	015th		No	brick tower	Year of construction approx.
Schönbusch observation tower	Aschaffenburg location	1790	014.8		No	brick tower	Height approx .; Timber lattice tower until 1867, then rebuilt
Lookout tower on the Kulm	Nabburg location	1972	014.5		No	Wooden tower	covered
Ovens	Schneeberg location	1926	014th		No	Wooden structure on rock formation	Successor to a former guard tower
Bismarck Tower Bad Kissingen	Bad Kissingen location	1986	014th		No	brick tower	Start of construction in 1913; with steel-glass structure
Prince Rupprecht Tower	Bad Berneck in the Fichtelgebirge location	1901	014th	010	No	Wooden structure	covered
Ludwig Keller Tower	Oberwintersbach location	1937	013	011.9 9.2 00	No	brick tower	60 levels; with geodetic reference point on the upper platform
Piske Tower	Vilshofen on the Danube location	2014	013		No	Steel-wood construction	covered
Bismarck Tower Ansbach	Ansbach location	1903	012.7		No	brick tower
Bismarck Tower Weissenburg	Weiboldshausen location	1911	012.65		No	brick tower
Hohes Kreuz observation tower	Engelhardsberg location	2011	012		No	Wooden tower with steel stairs	covered
Bergfried castle ruin Velburg	Velburg location	12th century	012		No	brick tower
Schlegelwarte	Münnerstadt location	15th century	012		No	brick tower	former watch tower
Schmidberg Tower	Betzenstein location	2009	012	007.5	No	Wooden tower with steel stairs	covered; Total height approx .; Replacement for ailing previous tower
Suhlesturm	Mellrichstadt location	15th century	012	011	No	brick tower	former watch tower
Gallows tower	Mellrichstadt location	15th century	011.9	011	No	brick tower	former watch tower
Thick Tower (Niederlauer)	Niederlauer location	15th century	011.6	010.4	No	brick tower	former watch tower
Bergfried castle ruins Kollnburg	Kollnburg location	12th century	011		No	brick tower
Prebrunn Tower	Regensburg location	1293	010		No	brick tower	Height approx.
Spitzeichener Tower	Ködnitz location	1927	010		No	brick tower with wooden structure	covered
Residential tower castle ruins Neideck	Streitberg location	14th century	010		No	brick tower	since 2008 accessible via stairs
Christoph Scheiner Tower	Market forest location	1988	009		No	Wooden tower	covered; Height approx.
Frankenwarte (Franconian Forest)	Geroldsgrün location	1951	008.5		No	brick tower	covered; 1986 completely refurbished
Patersberg Tower	Mainleus -Veitlahm location	1838	008th	00? ? 00	No	brick tower	called "Look Around"; 2 platforms
Weissenstein keep ruin	Waldershof location	1279	007.5		No	brick tower	outside and inside multi-part wooden stairs; extensively renovated between 1996 and 2000
Dießen observation tower	Dießen am Ammersee location	2010	007th		No	Wooden tower	covered; Height approx.
Hirschenstein observation tower	Achslach location	1921	007th		No	brick tower
Franz Koehler Tower	Forst Tennenlohe location	1936	007th		No	brick tower	Height approx .; no longer accessible
Kunigundenturm	Bad Windsheim location	2014	007th	002.8	No	Wooden tower on a stone base	covered
Ostheimer Warte	Ostheim in front of the Rhön location	000?	007th		No	brick tower	former watch tower
Maintalblick viewing platform	Sennfeld location	2013	006.5		No	Wooden tower
Blindheim observation tower	Blind home location	2004	006.5		No	Metal construction	Height approx.
Kösseineturm	Wunsiedel location	1924	006.43		No	brick tower	covered
Drachensee observation tower	Eschlkam location	2011	006th	002.8	No	Wooden tower	covered; Heights approx.
AlpspiX	Grainau location	2010	00?		No	steel construction	X-shaped viewing platform on the Alpspitze at a height of approx. 2080  m
Epprechtstein Castle viewing platform	Kirchenlamitz location	1982	00?		No	Wooden structure	Viewing platform in the ruins of the former residential tower
Viewing pavilion bowl	Zell im Fichtelgebirge location	1851	00?		No	Metal construction	covered pavilion
Eisenberg Castle viewing platform	Eisenberg location	000?	00?		No	Wooden structure	Wooden platform in the southwest tower building
Lookout tower at the Peterstirn	Schweinfurt location	19th century	00?		No	brick tower	also called Beerhüterturm
Bleschenberg observation tower	Waldmünchen- Sinzendorf location	000?	00?		No	Wooden tower	covered; same construction as Klammerfels
Brennberg Castle observation tower	Brennberg location	1980	00?		No	Wooden structure	Wooden tower on the remains of the old keep
Schellenberg Castle observation tower	Georgenberg location	000?	00?		No	Wooden structure
Dörfleins observation tower	Dorflein location	2012	00?		No	steel construction	Bird watch tower; covered
Friedrichsberg observation tower	Thalberg location	1993	00?		No	steel construction
Lookout tower at the Haus zur Wilderness	Ludwigsthal location	2006	00?		No	Wooden structure	covered
Hohe Warte observation tower	Bad Berneck in the Fichtelgebirge location	1975	00?		No	Wooden structure	covered
Klammerfels observation tower	Waldmünchen -Herzogau location	1978	00?		No	Wooden tower	covered; same construction as Bleschenberg
Observation tower Landesgartenschaupark Kronach	Kronach location	000?	00?		No	Reinforced concrete tower
Oberlichtenau observation tower	Hauzenberg location	000?	00?		No	brick tower
Pegnitz observation tower	Pegnitz location	1923	00?		No	Wooden tower	covered; 97 steps (height approx. 20 m); with BOS digital radio antenna since 2014
Staffelberg observation tower	Hauzenberg location	1995	00?		No	Wooden structure
Veste Oberhaus observation tower	Passau location	18th century	00?		No	brick tower	130 steps
Wartberg observation tower	Grafenreuth location	1969	00?		No		covered; stands above a water tank
Bayerwald Skywalk	Arrach location	2013	00?	030th	No	Steel construction with wooden floorboards	Viewing platform; Platform height over slope
Keep Falkenstein Castle (Upper Palatinate)	Falkenstein location	1150	00?		No	brick tower
Hindenburg pulpit	Lohberg location	1951	00?		No	brick plant
Hugoturm	Aufseß location	1883	00?		No	brick tower	no longer accessible due to damage
The dragon myth	Furth im Wald location	2009	00?		No	steel construction	Sculpture and viewing platform
Siegesturm (Eckersdorf)	Eckersdorf location	19th century	00?		No	brick tower
City Tower (Windsbach)	Windsbach location	13th century	00?		No	brick tower	closed viewing level
Catfish waiting	Ebermannstadt location	1931	00?		No	brick tower
Flossenbürg Castle residential tower	Flossenbürg location	1100	00?		No	brick tower

No longer existing structures

Name of the structure	place	construction year	Total height ( m )	Platform form- height (m)	up train	Building type	Remarks	image
Bismarck Tower Fuerth	Fuerth	1908	017.5		No	brick tower	Demolished in 1938

See also

• List of observation towers in Germany

Abbreviations

Abbreviations used in the tables mean:

• Century = century

Web links

Commons : observation towers in Bavaria  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b The} year of construction corresponds to the completion or the opening of the building

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