List of observation towers in Rhineland-Palatinate

The list of observation towers in Rhineland-Palatinate contains structures that have observation options 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
City Hall Kaiserslautern	Kaiserslautern location	1968	084		Yes	skyscraper
Goose neck storm	Bell location	1976	074	024	No	Transmission tower (reinforced concrete)	covered platform
Gräbersberg observation tower	Alpenrod location	1998	073	033	No	Transmission tower (reinforced concrete)	covered viewing platform
Southwest tower of Speyer Cathedral	Speyer location	11th century	065.6	055.5	No	Steeple	accessible via the Kaisersaal; Platform height approx.
South tower Stiftskirche Neustadt	Neustadt an der Weinstrasse location	14th century	057	038	No	Steeple	all-round viewing gallery in the tower room
Old gate	Speyer location	13th century	055	030th	No	brick tower	arcade-shaped roofed viewing gallery; Platform height approx.
Potzberg Tower	Föckelberg location	1951	053.5	032	No	Transmission tower (bricked)	Total height with antenna mast; Platform height approx.
Rolles water tower	Ludwigshafen location	1943	053	047	No	Water tower (reinforced concrete)	formerly bunker; today with a cultural center and museum; closed viewing platform (only accessible on special occasions)
Helleberg observation tower	Willow rooster location	1998	050	029.98	No	Steel lattice tower	covered; Total height without antenna approx. 33.2 m
Marian column (Trier)	Trier location	1866	040		No	brick tower	closed since 1905
Keep Klopp Castle	Bingen location	13th century	037.5		No	brick tower	rebuilt after destruction in the 1850s
Köppel observation tower	Dernbach location	1966	037.48	028.8	No	Reinforced concrete tower	covered viewing platform
Double tower Kasselburg	Pelm location	14th century	037		No	brick tower
Bismarck tower in Kallstadt	Kallstadt location	1903	036	030 013 9.4 00	No	brick tower	Location on the Peterskopf
Humbergturm	Kaiserslautern location	1900	035.77	028.16	No	brick tower	Collapsed during construction in 1899
Adlerhorst biosphere house	Fischbach location	2003	035	025 015	No	Metal construction	Part of the Fischbach treetop path ; covered
Main tower Olbrück Castle	Niederdürenbach -Hain location	14th century	034.1	033	No	brick tower	with museum in the tower; Platform height approx.
Goloturm	Mayen location	13th century	034	033	No	brick tower	Keep of Genoveva Castle
Raiffeisen Tower	Heupelzen location	1990	034	030.5	No	Wooden tower	covered; Height without antennas
Donjon Burg Frauenburg	Frauenberg location	14th century	033		No	brick tower	Access by arrangement
Keep Lichtenberg Castle (Palatinate)	Thallichtenberg location	13th century	033	024	No	brick tower	closed viewing platform; Heights approx.
Castle keep Nassau	Nassau location	14th century	033	021st	No	brick tower	Platform height approx.
Trifels castle keep	Annweiler location	12th century	032	031	No	brick tower	two separate stairways; Increased in 1966; Platform height approx.
Bismarck Tower Ingelheim	Ingelheim location	1912	031		No	brick tower
Bad Bergzabern observation tower	Bad Bergzabern location	1984	030th		No	Wooden tower	covered; replaced a Bismarck pavilion built in 1895
Wachtenburg keep	Wachenheim location	12th century	030th		No	brick tower
Luitpold Tower	Merzalben location	1909	030th		No	brick tower
Hattgenstein observation tower	Hattgenstein location	2006	029	021st	No	Wooden tower	covered
Lahneck castle keep	Oberlahnstein location	13th century	029		No	brick tower	only accessible with a guide
Heimbergturm	Schloßböckelheim location	2008	029	024	No	Wooden structure	covered; is in the Soonwald-Nahe Nature Park
Wartberg Tower (Alzey)	Alzey location	1989	028.15	021st	No	brick tower	covered
Idarkopf tower	Idarkopf location	1980	028	026.5	No	Wooden tower	150 steps
Vulcano information platform	Steineberg location	2003	028	024	No	Wooden tower	covered
Fünfseenblick observation tower	Bad salty location	2014	027.4	023 014	No	Wooden tower with steel stairs	covered; Platform heights approx.
Ludwigsturm (Donnersberg)	Dannenfels location	1865	027		No	brick tower
Prince's head tower	Pünderich location	2009	027	018th	No	Steel lattice tower	covered
Schwabsburg castle keep	Schwabsburg location	1214	026.3	024	No	brick tower	Total height with stairs to the platform
Burg Bischofstein keep	Lasserg location	13th century	025th	024	No	brick tower	Height without stairs superstructure
Keep Metternich Castle	Beilstein location	12th century	025th		No	brick tower
Löwenburg keep (Monreal)	Monreal location	13th century	025th		No	brick tower
Booser Eiffel Tower	Boos location	2003	025th	021.5	No	Timber frame construction	covered; with antenna mast on the tower
Corner head tower	Deidesheim location	1975	025th		No	Steel framework construction	Tower stands over a hut that is managed on weekends
EnergieSüdwest lookout tower	Landau location	2014	025th	021st	No	steel construction	clad with wooden slats
Kaiser Friedrich Tower	Vallendar location	1899	025th		No	Steel lattice tower
Schönburg gate tower	Oberwesel location	13th century	025th	024	No	brick tower	with museum in the tower
Burg Pyrmont keep	Roes location	13th century	024.5		No	brick tower
Bergfried Oberburg Manderscheid	Manderscheid location	10th century	024.5	022nd	No	brick tower
Salzkopfturm	Hamlet near Bingen location	1975	024	019.4	No	Wooden tower	covered; 93 steps; 2006 renamed to "Salzkopfturm Franz Roos"
Trarbach city tower	Traben-Trarbach location	14th century	024	016.5	No	brick tower	with chimes; covered; Platform height approx.
Stäffelsberg Tower	Dörrenbach location	1964	024	021st	No	Reinforced concrete tower
Landeck castle keep	Klingenmünster location	12th century	023		No	brick tower	with a small museum in the tower
Lydia tower	Wassenach location	1927	023	021.7 018.3 015.5	No	brick tower with wooden top	1986 increased by 7 m with wooden attachment; Platform heights approx.
Wildenburg Castle observation tower	Kempfeld location	1981	022nd	015th	No	brick tower	covered
Barbaraturm	Malberg location	2014	022nd	018th	No	steel construction	former headframe from the Harz Mountains
Keep Laurenburg Castle	Laurenburg location	12th century	022nd		No	brick tower	with museum in the tower
Keep Sponheim Castle	Burgsponheim location	12th century	022nd		No	brick tower	Height without stairs superstructure
Dierscheid observation tower	Dierscheid location	1999	021.7	018th	No	Wooden tower	covered
Saarburg keep	Saarburg location	10th century	021.5	015.5	No	brick tower
Weinbietturm	Gimmeldingen location	1874	021.5		No	brick tower
Kaiser Friedrich Tower (Bingen)	Bingen location	1888	021.4	020.3 017.1	No	brick tower	with a balcony on the north side at a height of 6.7 m
Kalmit observation tower	Maikammer location	1929	021st		No	brick tower	currently closed
Rheinfels Castle clock tower	Sankt Goar location	1300	021st	020th	No	brick tower	Year of construction approx.
Five lakes view (Moselle)	The situation	1992	020.5	018th	No	Timber frame construction	covered; Heights approx .; virtually identical to the Zemmer observation tower
Alteburgturm	Black earth location	1893	020th		No	brick tower	covered; 89 steps
Biosphere House observation tower	Fischbach location	2003	020th	014 8 00	No	Metal construction	Part of the Fischbach treetop path ; covered; with a giant spiral slide
Zemmer observation tower	Zemmer location	1993	020th	018th	No	Timber frame construction	covered; Heights approx .; almost identical to the five-lake view (Moselle)
Alt-Wolfstein Castle keep	Wolfstein location	12th century	020th		No	brick tower
Bergfried Koppenstein Castle	Henau location	1325	020th		No	brick tower	Year of construction approx.
Ehrenburg keep (Brodenbach)	Brodenbach location	14th century	020th		No	bricked double tower	Height approx.
Nürburg keep	Nürburg location	12th century	020th	019th	No	brick tower
Eschkopfturm	Hofstätten location	1902	020th		No	brick tower	also called "Ludwigsturm"
Münstermaifeld water tower	Münstermaifeld location	1893	020th		No	brick tower	Height approx .; only accessible with a guide
Wöllstein water tower	Wöllstein location	1906	020th	013.5	No	brick tower	covered; Heights approx.
Vendersheim vineyard tower	Vendersheim location	2015	020th	014 011	No	Concrete tower	lower platform as skywalk; covered; Heights approx.
Sattelberg Tower	Soul situation	2002	019.65	013.65	No	brick tower	covered; Height with cellular antenna
Rheinturm Castle Rheinstein	Trechtingshausen location	14th century	019.5	017.5	No	brick tower	Heights approx.
Lookout tower on the Hemm	Lonsheim location	1904	019th	015th	No	brick tower	also war memorial; Heights approx.
Bismarck Tower Landstuhl	Landstuhl location	1900	019th		No	brick tower
Owl's head tower	Owl to location	1914	019th	012.2 9 5.7 00 00	No	brick tower	also called owl head waiting room; Total height approx .; three closed platforms; with registry office in the tower
Otto Tower	Herkersdorf location	2010	018.59	017.34	No	Steel lattice tower
Hochsteinchen observation tower	Rheinböllen location	1894	018th		No	Steel lattice tower	90 steps
Bergfried Niederburg Manderscheid	Manderscheid location	13th century	018th		No	brick tower
German Wine Gate	Schweigen-Rechtenbach location	1936	018th	009.9 7.6 00	No	brick structure	covered
Eybergturm	Dahn location	1949	018th	017th	No	Steel lattice tower	Heights approx.
Privy Councilor Brügmann Tower	Saarburg-Kahren location	1912	018th	012	No	brick tower	Water tower and observation tower; covered; Heights approx.
Wintersheim elevated tank	Wintersheim location	1906	018th		No	brick tower	Water tower; only open on certain occasions
Hochsimmerturm	Ettringen location	1911	018th		No	brick tower
Cologne tower Thurant Castle	Alken location	1197	018th	016	No	brick tower	Heights approx.
Stefansturm	Arzbach location	1954	018th		No	brick tower with wooden top	reconstructed Limes watchtower; covered
Bismarck tower Sargenroth	Sargenroth location	1902	017.5		No	brick tower
Victory and Peace Monument Edenkoben	Edenkoben location	1899	017.5	015.3	No	brick monument	War memorial with viewing platform
Hedwig's Tower	Bad Marienberg location	2008	017.3	016.2	No	Metal construction
Selbergturm	Rothselberg location	1969	017.3	016 9.6 00	No	Steel lattice tower	Successor to a wooden tower from 1914
Lookout tower Aremberg Castle	Aremberg location	1854	017th		No	brick tower	closed viewing platform; Height approx.
Stöffel observation tower	Stockum-Püschen location	2006	017th	010.2	No	steel construction	Total height approx.
Donjon Burg Graefenstein	Merzalben location	13th century	017th		No	brick tower
Bergfried Wasserburg Reipoltskirchen	Reipoltskirchen location	12th century	017th		No	brick tower	Height without attached steel platform
Lenneberg Tower	Budenheim location	1880	017th	012.8	No	brick tower	Total height approx.
Schindhübelturm	Iggelbach location	1975	017th	014.4	No	Timber lattice tower	covered; Renovated in 2004
Wind sound	Erbeskopf location	2011	016.5		No	Wooden structure	Sculpture and viewing platform
Kaiser Wilhelm Tower (Hohe Acht)	High eight position	1909	016.3		No	brick tower
Eifelguck observation tower	Sassen location	2016	016	012	No	Wooden tower	covered
Friedelsheim Castle Tower	Friedelsheim location	13th century	016	010.5	No	brick tower	covered; Heights approx.
Concordia tower	Bad Ems location	1861	015.1	014 3.5 00	No	brick tower
Sangerhof observation tower	Henschtal location	1907	015th	012	No	brick tower	former water tower; closed viewing platform
Bismarck tower Idar-Oberstein	Idar-Oberstein location	1907	015th		No	brick tower
Burgundy Tower	Wörrstadt location	2012	015th	008 4.5 00	No	brick tower	covered; lower platform with three balconies
Long Köbes	Bad Neuenahr location	1972	015th	013.9 011.4	No	Reinforced concrete tower
Ludwigsturm (Blättersberg)	Rhodt location	1889	015th		No	brick tower
Marian column Kyllburg	Kyllburg location	1886	015th		No	brick tower
Neuleiningen castle southeast tower	Neuleiningen location	1240	015th	014th	No	brick tower	with museum in the tower
Krausberg Tower	Dernau location	1927	014.8	013.7	No	brick tower	Blown up in 1944, rebuilt by 1967
Keep of Sterrenberg Castle	Kamp-Bornhofen location	12th century	014.7		No	brick tower
Gauskopf observation tower	Kirn location	1896	014th	008.4 4.7 00	No	brick tower	covered; Total height approx. (Without antenna); with cellular antennas since 1999
Teufelsfels observation tower	Hennweiler location	1985	014th	010.8	No	brick tower	covered; 54 steps; called "Langer Heinrich"
Bismarck tower Altenkirchen	Altenkirchen location	1902	014th		No	brick tower
Bismarck Tower Bad Bertrich	Bad Bertrich location	1908	014th	007th	No	brick tower	covered
Kloppberg Tower	Dittelsheim-Hessloch location	000?	014th	010.7	No	brick tower	covered; Heights approx.
Martinsturm (Klingenmünster)	Klingenmünster location	1896	014th	009.5	No	brick tower	covered since 1953
Rehbergturm	Waldrohrbach location	1862	014th	012.8	No	brick tower
BUGA 2011 viewing platform	Koblenz location	2011	013.5	011.9 8 00	No	Wooden construction	barrier-free; Heights approx; Platform heights above the slope side
Heiligenblut Tower	Weinheim (Alzey) location	1887	013.5	012	No	brick tower	only accessible with a guide
Schänzelturm	Gommersheim location	1874	013		No	brick tower
EVA tower	Ahrweiler location	2004	012.8	009.4	No	Wooden tower	covered; Total height approx.
War memorial (Winnweiler)	Winnweiler location	1933	012.5	008.5	No	brick monument	War memorial with viewing platform
Üdersdorf viewing platform	Üdersdorf location	2012	012	007.8	No	Wooden tower	covered; almost identical to the Landesblick observation tower
Grainskopf lookout tower	Wehlen (Bernkastel-Kues) location	1896	012		No	steel construction
Landesblick observation tower	Meerfeld location	2012	012	007.8	No	Wooden tower	covered; almost identical to the Üdersdorf viewing platform
Galgenturm (Mastershausen)	Mastershausen location	2009	012	007.5	No	brick tower	Form of a Roman watchtower
Celtic tower	Steinbach am Donnersberg location	2004	012	008th	No	Wooden tower	covered; Part of the Celtic village
Elsa Schmitt Tower	Wendelsheim location	2019	011.8	008.4	No	brick tower	covered; with attached event room; Heights approx.
Snail tower	Schillerhain location	1884	011.5	004.1	No	Wooden pavilion on a round concrete slab	covered
Watch tower (Kirchheimbolanden)	Schillerhain location	15th century	011.5	010.5	No	brick tower	51 steps
Niersteiner watch tower	Nierstein location	12th century	011.3	010.3	No	brick tower
Rock tower	Sinzig location	1972	011.25		No	Reinforced concrete tower	covered; Mühlenberg site
Erbeskopf observation tower	Hilscheid location	1971	011		No	Wooden tower	covered
Vineyard storm Ensheim	Ensheim location	2014	011	005.5 2.75 00	No	brick tower	covered; Heights approx.
Steinthalskopf observation tower	Ahrweiler location	1964	010.8	008th	No	Wooden tower	covered; Renovated in 2002; Heights approx.
Heltersberg observation tower	Heltersberg location	2005	010.7	006.35 3.5 00	No	Wooden tower	covered; also called "turrets on the wall"
Alfred Dahm Tower	Marienthal (Ahr) location	000?	010.6	007.8	No	Wooden tower	covered; Heights approx.
Dronketurm	Schalkenmehren location	1902	010.5	009.5	No	brick tower
Bell observation tower	Bell location	2008	010	006.2	No	brick tower	covered; earlier tower on a water tank from 1929; Height approx.
Weiselstein observation tower	Schalkenbach location	1994	010	008.9	No	Wooden tower	also called the juniper tower
Keep Montfort Castle	Hallgarten location	13th century	010	009	No	brick tower	Heights approx.
Flag tower	Bad Dürkheim location	1854	010	009 5.4 00	No	brick tower	popularly known as the "coffee mill"
Napoleon's Tower (Sprendlingen)	Sprendlingen location	2014	010	008.9	No	brick tower	Replica of an optical telegraph; Height without signal mast
Schildberg Tower (Sulzheim)	Sulzheim location	2013	010	003.5	No	brick tower	covered; Heights approx.
Waiting tower (Albisheim)	Albisheim (Pfrimm) location	15th or 16th century	010	009	No	brick tower	Platform height approx .; only accessible by appointment
Roman tower (Guntersblum)	Guntersblum location	1998	009.8	005.6	No	brick tower	19 steps, covered, renovated in 2015 after willful damage
Siebenburgenblick observation tower	Niederheimbach location	000?	009.6	008.5	No	Wooden tower
Old goose neck storm	Bell location	1890	009.2		No	brick tower	Private property since 1960 and closed
Dietzenley observation tower	Gerolstein location	000?	009	007.9 4 00	No	Wooden tower
Sprengelburg keep	Oberweiler in the valley location	13th century	009	008.2	No	brick tower	Heights approx.
Hiebergturm	Stadecken-Elsheim location	000?	009	005 2.5 00	No	brick tower	Weinbergsturm; upper glazed platform not open to the public; covered; Heights approx.
Hohenberg Tower	Annweiler am Trifels location	1879	009		No	brick tower	Partially collapsed in 2002; accessible again since 2019
Hohenzollern Tower	Bad Bertrich location	19th century	009	000	No	Metal construction	covered pavilion
Roman tower (dill)	Dill location	1985	009	005	No	brick tower	reconstructed Limes watchtower; covered
Limes watchtower WP 2/1	Bad Ems location	1874	008.5	004.65	No	brick tower	reconstructed Limes watchtower; covered; Total height approx.
Malbergturm	Bad Ems location	000?	008.5	007.5	No	brick tower	Heights approx.
Tower on the rock	Silly location	2001	008.5	003.2	No	brick tower	Weinbergsturm; covered; Total height approx.
Weinbergsturm Spiesheim	Spiesheim location	1998	008.5	002.8	No	brick tower	covered; Total height approx.
Schmitshausen observation tower	Schmitshausen location	1980	008.4	005.8 3 00	No	Wooden tower	Tower stands on an old elevated water tank
Battle tower	Morlautern location	1893	008.4	007.4	No	brick tower	also war memorial
Steckenberg Tower	Bad Neuenahr location	1914	008.3	007.1	No	brick tower	rebuilt in 1959; Heights approx.
Watch tower (ohmbach)	Ohmbach location	2005	008.2	006.8	No	brick tower	Tower is in the district of Dittweiler
Lörzweiler Königstuhl lookout tower	Loerzweiler location	2015	008th	003.5	No	brick tower	covered; Total height approx.
Defensive tower	Nierstein location	1964	007.8	005.75 2.6 00	No	brick tower	Vineyard storm with amateur radio systems
Bell tower (stauf)	Stauf location	1984	007.5	005.7	No	brick tower	Bell tower and observation tower with two bells
Thick Stone Tower	Lambrecht (Palatinate) location	1933	007.3	006.2	No	Wooden tower	Renovated in 1996/97; Temporarily blocked as of September 2015
Carola Tower	Koblenz location	1896	007th	000	No	brick tower	Height approx .; ground-level covered viewing level
King's chair by Rhens	Rhen's location	1842	007th	004th	No	brick throne	Throne with viewing platform; Heights approx.
Cuckoo storm	Bornheim location	2006	007th	003	No	brick tower with wooden top	covered; Total height approx.
Heimersheim vineyard storm	Heimersheim location	1993	007th	002.6	No	brick tower	covered
Steffenswarte	Hontheim location	1895	006.8	006th	No	brick tower	Heights approx.
Schlossberg Tower (Harxheim)	Harxheim location	1999	006.2	002.4	No	brick tower	covered, total height approx.
Otto Andreas Tower	Quirks location	1973	006th	002.5	No	Wooden tower	covered
Stabenberg tower	Gimmeldingen location	1904	006th	005	No	brick tower
Mosenberg observation tower	Bettenfeld location	000?	005.6	002.6	No	brick tower with wooden top	covered
Bismarck Tower Schoden	Schoden location	1903	005		No	brick tower
Weinbergsturm Wendelsheim	Wendelsheim location	19th century	005	004th	No	brick tower	2001 award-winning vineyard house
Zeppelin Tower (Bad Dürkheim)	Bad Dürkheim location	1854	005		No	brick tower	until 1909 Malakoffturm; Also called "snail noodle" because of its shape
Houschder Winzerturm	High city location	2004	004.5	003.3	No	brick tower	Heights approx.
Heidenburgwarte	Kreimbach-Kaulbach location	1901	004th	003	No	brick tower	Total height approx.
Near Skywalk	Hochstetten-Dhaun location	2014	00?		No	steel construction	Viewing platform over the Nahe
Post tower	Bacharach location	14th century	00?		No	brick tower	4 platforms; covered

No longer existing structures

Name of the structure	place	construction year	Total height ( m )	Platform form- height (m)	up train	Building type	Remarks	image
Spitzstein observation tower	Sankt Goar	2003	021st		No	Wooden tower	covered; Demolished in 2018
House tower	Ahrweiler	1956	020th		No	Wooden tower	a previous tower stood from 1908 to 1945; departed
Bismarck Tower Neuwied	Neuwied	1911	009		No	brick tower	Demolished in 1974
Willscheider Berg observation tower	Vettelschoss	1990s	00?		No	Wooden tower	covered; Demolished in 2016
Bismarck pavilion Bad Bergzabern	Bad Bergzabern	1895	00?		No	Wooden tower	covered; worn down in the 1950s
Cherry rock storm	Farmsteads	000?	00?		No	Wooden tower	Demolished in 2009 and replaced by a cherry apple stand

See also

• List of observation towers in Germany

Abbreviations

Abbreviations used in the tables mean:

• Century = century

Web links

Commons : Lookout towers in Rhineland-Palatinate  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lookout towers in the Palatinate Forest , palzpix.de
• Lookout towers on the Hunsrück , hunsrueck-zeitung.com

Remarks

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

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