Steinenberg Tower

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Steinenberg Tower
Tower type: Observation tower
State : Germany
State : Baden-Württemberg
County : Tübingen
Location : Tübingen
Location : in Schönbuch on the Steinenberg
Geo coordinates : 48 ° 31 '53.94 "  N , 9 ° 1' 48.58"  O coordinates: 48 ° 31 '53.94 "  N , 9 ° 1' 48.58"  O
Site altitude: approx. 492  m above sea level NHN
Construction : Steel truss
Construction time : 1898
Renovation : 1998

The Steinberg tower on the south Schönenbuch rand is a 1898 erected 12 m high observation tower in steel truss construction on the 492  m above sea level. NHN Hohen Steinenberg in Tübingen , Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ).

The tower, which was renovated for its 100th anniversary in 1998 , is permanently accessible.

Geographical location

Steinenberg Tower

The Steinenbergturm stands around 2 km northwest of the Tübingen city center and rises a little above the buildings of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen on the Morgenstelle (approx. 433  m above sea  level ) .

Possibility of viewing

From its viewing platform, the tower allows a panoramic view of, among other things, a few southern Schönbuch Mountains, over Tübingen, the Swabian Alb and the Black Forest .

Web links

Commons : Steinenbergturm  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. Steinenbergturm on TÜpedia (Stadtwiki Tübingen)
  2. Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )