Ludwigsturm (Donnersberg)

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Ludwigsturm
Ludwigsturm
Ludwigsturm, entrance door
Ludwigsturm, apex of the entrance door
Ludwigsturm (left) with telecommunications tower of the transmitter Donnersberg (right)

The Ludwigsturm near Dannenfels in the Donnersberg district in Rhineland-Palatinate is a 27 m high observation tower on the Donnersberg that has been designated a cultural monument .

Geographical location

The Ludwigsturm is located in the district of Dannenfels about 1.2 km west-southwest of its village church and about 860 m (as the crow flies ) east of the Königsstuhl rock formation , whose highest point ( 686.5  m ) is the summit of the Donnersberg. Its location in the forest is 674.5  m above sea level. The telecommunications tower of the Donnersberg transmitter is about 210 m to the west .

History and description

Efforts were made to build a lookout tower as early as 1842, and the foundation stone was laid, but the construction was not completed. The second foundation stone was laid in 1864 by the Palatinate Tower Building Committee Ludwigsturm , in the presence of the architect Carl Bleßmann . The tower was built as a crenellated octagonal plastered building. It was completed in 1865. The Bavarian King Ludwig II (1845–1886) issued the “highest permit” that the building could be named after him. Over 5000 people attended the inauguration ceremony.

In 1950 the Ludwigsturm was declared dilapidated. That is why it was completely restored in 1952 by the Dannenfels Tower Construction Association to save it from demolition. After major repairs in 1987, the tower was restored again in 2006 with state funds. To this day he is looked after by the Donnersbergverein , the former tower building association Dannenfels .

The Ludwigsturm is entered in the monument list of the Donnersbergkreis as a cultural monument.

Opportunities for viewing

142 steps lead to the viewing platform of the Ludwigsturm. It can be visited on Saturdays from 1 p.m. and on Sundays and public holidays from 10 a.m. The tower is usually open on weekends and public holidays. On the other days, the key can be borrowed from the Dannenfels tourist information office for a deposit. The Donnersbergverein charges 1 euro per person from the age of 14 to maintain the tower.

When the weather is clear, the tower's viewing platform offers a panoramic view of large parts of Rheinhessen , the North Palatinate Bergland and the Palatinate Forest . The view extends to the Hunsrück and the northern foothills of the Black Forest . One looks, for example, to the east to Worms , in which the Worms Cathedral can be made out about 31 km (as the crow flies) , behind it the Odenwald with the Melibokus about 52.5 km away . In the north and northeast, with very good visibility, you can see the Taunus with the Großer Feldberg, around 78 km away, and the skyline of Frankfurt am Main , which is roughly the same distance, but a little further east ; in the opposite direction, the Donnersberg can also be seen from Frankfurt from the viewing platforms of the Goethe Tower and the Main Tower if the conditions are appropriate .

Particularly noticeable are (clockwise, starting in the west):

See also

Web links

Commons : Ludwigsturm  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c The Ludwigsturm , on donnersbergverein.de
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  3. ↑ a b List of monuments Donnersbergkreis (PDF; 1.4 MB)
  4. ↑ Information board of the Donnersbergverein at the kiosk opposite the Ludwigsturm
  5. ^ Basic geographic information from the Rhineland-Palatinate surveying administration
  6. ↑ Calculated 360 ° panorama ( U. Deuschle ; information ) from the Ludwigsturm on the Donnersberg

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 '29 "  N , 7 ° 55' 35.7"  E