Raichberg Tower

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Raichberg Tower
Raichberg Tower 2015

Raichberg Tower 2015

Data
place Onstmettingen
Construction year 1928
height 22 m
Coordinates 48 ° 18 '19 "  N , 8 ° 59' 36"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '19 "  N , 8 ° 59' 36"  E

The Raichberg Tower is a lookout tower of the Swabian Alb Association on the Raichberg . The mountain, located on the eaves of the Swabian Alb , is in the district of Onstmettingen , a district of Albstadt in the Zollernalb district .

The 22 meter high tower was built in full concrete in 1928 together with the Nägelehaus hiking home on the highest peak of the Raichberg (956 m above sea level), the construction time for the house and tower was six months, the inauguration ceremony took place on August 11 and 12, 1928 instead of.

In the summer of 1936, a 63-meter-high surveying tower with an observation stand and a wooden platform was erected. After only eight years of standing, the wooden framework was torn down again in 1944 as a result of severe weathering damage.

See also

Web links

Commons : Raichbergturm  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. tuerme-wanderheime.albverein.net
  2. ^ Swabian Alb Association: Raichberg Tower