List of observation towers in Thuringia

The list of observation towers in Thuringia 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
Jentower	Jena location	1972	159	128	Yes	skyscraper
Telecommunication tower Kulpenberg	Bad Frankenhausen location	1964	142	078	Yes	Transmission tower (reinforced concrete)	no longer publicly accessible
Kyffhäuser Monument	Steinthaleben location	1896	081		No	brick monument
Petri Tower	Nordhausen location	1377	062		No	Steeple
Town Hall Tower (Gera)	Gera location	1576	057	033.5	No	brick tower	Viewing gallery at the Türmerstube
Stadtkirche Meiningen	Meiningen location	1889	050	033	No	brick towers	Circumferential gallery on the north and south tower, connected by a bridge.
City Church St. Georg (Schmalkalden)	Schmalkalden location	1500	049		No	brick tower	View from the tower parlor in the southwest tower
Nikolaikirchturm Altenburg	Altenburg location	13th century	045		No	brick tower
Tree tower (treetop path Hainich)	Schönstedt location	2005	044		Yes	Reinforced concrete tower	with tree house and weather station
Hall tower	Burgk location	2011	043	036 7.5 4.5 00 00	No	Wooden tower
Poss tower	Antics location	1781	042.18		No	Timber lattice tower	oldest and highest half-timbered lookout tower in Europe
Ranis castle keep	Rani's location	13th century	038		No	brick tower	closed viewing level; Height with roof
Main tower of Bertholdsburg Castle	Schleusingen location	1597	038		No	brick tower	Keep
Castle keep Camburg	Camburg location	12th century	037		No	brick tower
Egapark observation tower	Erfurt location	1528	036.1		No	brick battery tower with metal structure	since 1999 with viewing platform in the conical spire
Altvaterturm (whetstone)	Brennersgrün location	2004	035.8		No	brick tower	Replica of the former lookout tower on Praděd
Citizen Tower (Gotha)	Gotha location	2009	034.75	030 020 010	No	steel construction
Poppenberg Tower	Ilfeld location	1894	033.5		No	Steel lattice tower
Aegidien Church (Erfurt)	Erfurt location	1324	033		No	Steeple	also called the Red Tower
Bismarck tower Altenburg	Altenburg location	1915	033		No	Stamped concrete
Fraternity monument	Eisenach location	1902	033		No	brick monument	six balconies as a viewing platform
Carl Eduard Tower	Elgersburg location	1911	033		No	brick tower	also called Carl-Eduard-Warte
Rennsteigwarte	Masserberg location	1974	033		No	Steel lattice tower	glazed viewing platform
Bismarck tower Neustadt / Orla	Neustadt an der Orla location	1915	032.65		No	brick tower
Hausmannsturm (Altenburg Castle)	Altenburg location	12th century	032		No	brick tower	a spiral corridor leads to the viewing level in the tower room
Bleßberg observation tower	Sachsenbrunn location	1997	030th		No	steel construction	closed construction with wooden cladding and glazing
Bergfried Lobenstein castle ruins	Bad Lobenstein location	11th century	030th		No	brick tower
Ernst Agnes Tower	Schmölln location	1893	030th	030 018	No	Steel lattice tower
Fox Tower (Gera)	Debschwitz location	1901	030th	022nd	No	brick tower	until 1945 Kaiser Wilhelm Tower
Fuchsturm (Jena)	Jena location	12th century	030th		No	brick tower	covered; with tower room
Landgrave Tower	Jena location	1971	030th		No	?	closed, glazed viewing platform; former television converter tower
Tower of unity	Heldrastein at Treffurt location	1962	030th		No	Wood-clad, additionally guyed steel lattice tower
Alteburgturm (Arnstadt)	Arnstadt location	1902	028	020th	No	brick tower
Thick tower (crane field)	Kranichfeld location	12th century	027		No	brick tower	Keep with glass dome
Schneekopfturm	Gehlberg location	2008	026.87	023.83	No	Reinforced concrete tower	Platform height at 1001  m above sea level NHN
Carolinenturm	Kiliansroda location	1909	026th		No	brick tower	closed viewing platform
Paulinenturm	Bad Berka location	1884	026th		No	brick tower
Forest tower	Jena location	1874	025th		No	brick tower	War memorial with viewing platform
Bergfried castle ruin Frankenberg	Helmer's location	13th century	024		No	brick tower	covered
Gladitschturm	Gera location	1897	024	020 015.5	No	brick tower	upper platform covered; lower platform height approx .; Tower currently closed
Kickelhahnturm	Ilmenau location	1855	024	021st	No	brick tower	also called Marienturm
Bismarck Tower Apolda	Apolda location	1904	023.75		No	brick tower
Adlersberg Tower	Suhl location	1892	022nd		No	brick tower
Tannroda castle keep	Tannroda location	12th century	022nd		No	brick tower
Mühlburg keep	Mühlberg location	13th century	022nd		No	brick tower
Bismarck Tower Erfurt	Erfurt location	1901	022nd		No	brick tower
Bismarck tower Sitzendorf	Sitzendorf location	1895	022nd		No	brick tower with wooden structure	1932 increased by 12 m
Spatenberg Tower	Sondershausen location	1895	022nd		No	brick tower	built as the Bismarck Tower (Sondershausen), called the Spatenberg Tower since 1945
Residential tower Burg Normannstein	Treffurt location	13th century	021.4		No	brick tower	covered; with museum in the tower
Bergfried of Osterstein Castle	Gera location	12th century	021st		No	brick tower	closed viewing platform
Bismarck Column Ronneburg	Reust location	1902	021st		No	brick tower
Bismarck Tower Jena	Jena location	1909	021st	015th	No	brick tower	only accessible at certain times
Bismarck Tower Suhl	Suhl location	1896	021st		No	brick tower
Carl Alexander Tower	Ringberg near Ruhla location	1897	021st		No	Steel lattice tower
Ferberturm	Gera location	1875	021st		No	brick tower
Island mountain tower	Bad Tabarz location	1959	021st		No	brick tower	former radio tower; clad with titanium-zinc sheet during renovation in 2014; closed viewing platform; with 2 climbing walls
Hainichblick	Hütscheroda location	2011	020.15	016	No	Wooden structure	covered
Ples Tower	Please at Breitungen location	1999	00?	020th	No	brick tower	closed viewing platform; clad with titanium-zinc sheet since 2005
Bergfried castle ruin Osterburg	Henfstädt location	13th century	020th		No	brick tower	covered
Scharfenburg keep	Thal location	12th century	020th		No	brick tower	Height approx .; Covered platform
Discovery Tower	Ronneburg location	2006	020th		No	Reinforced concrete tower	multifunctional, also climbing tower
Pit lights (Ronneburg)	Ronneburg location	2012	020th	005	No	steel construction	Landmark in the form of a miner's lamp (location Schmirchauer Höhe)
Kulmturm	Saalfeld location	1884	020th	018th	No	Steel lattice tower	partially covered
Tower of Scharfenstein Castle	Beuren location	2016	020th		No	brick tower
South Tower (Wartburg)	Eisenach location	13th century	020th		No	brick tower	Height approx.
Gleichen castle keep	Wandersleben location	11th century	018.85		No	brick tower
Luisenturm	Kleinkochberg location	1864	018th		No	brick tower
West tower Haineck castle ruins	Nazza location	1392	018th		No	brick tower	covered; Height approx.
Leipzig Tower	Schmiedefeld location	1932	017.5	014 ? 00	No		2 viewing platforms
Baropurm	Keilhau location	1878	017th		No	brick tower
Wehnder Wait	Keyings location	1430	016	013.3	No	brick tower	with glass structure
Bismarck tower Hildburghausen	Hildburghausen location	1882	015th		No	brick tower	covered; Erected as a city mountain tower, since 1905 Bismarck tower
Henneberg castle ruins	Henneberg location	11th century	014.5		No	brick tower	Height approx.
Marienturm (Cumbach)	Cumbach location	1886	00?	014th	No	brick tower	closed viewing platform
Bielerturm	Orlamünde location	1895	014th		No	brick tower	erected as Kaiser Wilhelm Tower, called Bielerturm from 1919 onwards
Main tower	Weimar location	1830	013.7		No	brick tower
Observation tower Kreuztanne	Wittchendorf location	2007	012.5	010	No	Metal construction	covered
Jüngkens lookout tower	Artern location	1863	012.5		No	brick tower
Frankenstein observation tower	Bad Salzungen location	1891	010		No	brick tower	closed construction
Ibergwarte	Heilbad Heiligenstadt location	13th century	010		No	brick tower	covered
Geschwister-Scholl-Tower	Rudolstadt location	1899	009.5		No	brick tower	erected as a Bismarck tower, since 1950 Geschwister-Scholl-Turm; currently closed
Barigauer tower	Barigau location	1912	009		No	brick tower	closed viewing platform with glazing
Bismarck Tower Mühlhausen	Mühlhausen / Thuringia location	1908	009		No	brick tower
Great Finsterberg observation tower	Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig	2019	008th		No	steel construction	clad with wooden slats; covered
Bismarck tower Auleben	Outdoor life location	1905	007.9		No	brick tower
Observation tower hood	Altenfeld location	2002	00?		No	Wooden tower
Krayenburg observation tower	Depth location	1920s	00?		No	brick tower	covered
Meuselbacher Kuppe lookout tower	Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle location	1911	00?		No	brick tower
Froebel Tower	Oberweißbach location	1890	00?		No	brick tower	clad with asbestos cement panels; closed viewing platform
Bower of the ruin Brandenburg	Leek location	12th century	00?		No	brick tower	with museum in the tower
Church tower Dreifaltigkeitskirche Eisfeld	Ice rink location	1530	00?		No	Steeple	with all-round viewing gallery
Hanstein Castle north tower	Rimbach location	11th century	00?		No	brick tower
Plänckner's view	Gehlberg location	2013	00?		No	steel construction	clad with wooden slats; covered viewing platform

No longer existing structures

Name of the structure	place	construction year	Total height ( m )	Platform form- height (m)	up train	Building type	Remarks	image
Adolf Hitler Tower	Unterweißbach	1933	00?		No	Wooden tower on a brick base	Wooden tower demolished in 1949; brick base demolished in 2018
Bismarck Tower Weimar	Weimar	1901	043		No	brick tower	Demolished in 1949
Bismarck Tower Meiningen	Meiningen	1898	021.5		No	Wooden tower	Demolished in 1927
Bismarck Tower Gera	Gera	1902	020.5		No	brick tower	Canceled in 1949
Bismarck Tower Eisenach	Eisenach	1902	018th		No	brick tower	Canceled in 1963
Bismarck Tower Bad Sulza	Bad Sulza	1902	012		No	Wooden tower	Total height approx .; Demolished in 1942
Bismarck tower Vacha	Vacha	1902	012		No	brick tower	Demolished in 1978

See also

• List of observation towers in Germany

Abbreviations

Abbreviations used in the tables mean:

• Century = century

Web links

Commons : Lookout towers in Thuringia  - 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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