Stahlibuck

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Stahlibuck
The view to the Stählibuck from the west of the city of Frauenfeld

The view to the Stählibuck from the west of the city of Frauenfeld

height 655  m above sea level M.
location east of Frauenfeld , Thurgau , Switzerland
Dominance 1.7 km →  Vorgrüt
Notch height 30 m ↓  Kardüser
Coordinates 712 985  /  267 537 coordinates: 47 ° 32 '56 "  N , 8 ° 56' 23"  O ; CH1903:  712,985  /  267,537
Stählibuck (Canton Thurgau)
Stahlibuck
Type wooded ridge
rock Molasse - Nagelfluh
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The Stählibuck is a wooded ridge east of the Thurgau canton capital Frauenfeld . As the Horstberg of the Molasse, he is jointly responsible for the landscape after the retreat of the glaciers of the Würm Ice Age . At the culmination point is the Stählibuck Tower , a 26.8 meter high observation tower in steel framework construction . The viewing platform offers a panoramic view of the Thur Valley , the Seerücken , the Immenberg with the Sonnenberg Castle , the Murgtal and the town of Frauenfeld. When the weather is clear, you can see the mountain range of the Alps. The view extends from the Allgäu Alps , over the Alpstein , the Glarner peaks to the highest Bernese Alpine peaks .

Surname

In older records one finds the spelling Stälibuck . Unlike Stählibuck, however, in all newer lettering. This is also the case with the lettering on the panorama board on the platform of the observation tower.

history

Steel Bucket Tower

The Stählibuck Tower was built in 1908 on the initiative of the Frauenfeld Tourist Office (VVF) at 653  m above sea level. M. erected. The 26.8 meter high tower has 148 steps and is one of the oldest observation towers in steel framework construction in Switzerland.

Routes

The Stählibuck can be easily reached from all sides on hiking trails.

The view over the Thurgau landscape. In the foreground the village of Häuslenen. In the center of the picture the Thurgau Cantonal Hospital, a prominent reference point in this landscape. To the left of it in the background the elongated Seerücken , which separates the Thur Valley from Lake Constance. To the right it goes up to the Stählibuck with its wooded hilltop. The continuation of the chain of hills ends on the far right in the picture with the Imenberg on whose front edge the Sonnenberg Castle is enthroned.

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