Schreckbergturm
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Schreckbergturm
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| Place: | Great horror mountain, Zierenberg | |||
| Country: | Hesse | |||
| Country: | Germany | |||
| Altitude : | 460 m | |||
| Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 35.6 " N , 9 ° 18 ′ 31.4" E | ||||
| Use: | Observation tower | |||
| Owner : | Hessian-Waldeck Mountain and Local History Association | |||
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| Construction time : | 1911 | |||
| Building material : | stone | |||
| Total height : | 15.5 m | |||
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The Schreckbergturm is a 15.5 m high observation tower near Zierenberg in the north Hessian district of Kassel ( Germany ).
Geographical location
The Schreckenberg tower is northeast above the core center of decorating Bergs on the inside of the natural park Habichtswald located Great Schreckenberg ( 461 m above sea level. NHN ). It is located around 275 m south of the southern tip of the mountain at an altitude of just under 460 m .
Description and history
The tower was built as a watch tower . After it fell into disrepair, it was rebuilt in 1911 and made accessible as a lookout tower. In 1991 the tower made of natural stones was renovated. The owner is the Hessisch-Waldeckische Gebirgs- und Heimatverein (HWGHV; Zierenberg branch ).
Possibility of viewing
From the observation platform of the tower you can look over the Zierenberg, located in the Warm Valley, which is partly covered by trees when viewed from the tower, and over to the mountains beyond or southwest of this valley, the Großer Bärenberg , on which the Bärenberg tower stands, and the Burghasunger Berg (near the Burghasungen district ). To the south you can see Ehlen , a district of the Habichtswald community in the Warmetal , and the Hohen Habichtswald . Looking south-east you can see the Hohen Dörnberg .
Accessibility and hiking
The tower can only be reached on forest paths, including a serpentine path that comes from Zierenberg and leads steeply uphill through the Blue Stones natural monument (volcanic basalt scree field). The Habichtswaldsteig leads directly past the tower .