Tour Juergensen

Tour Juergensen
Basic data
Place:	Les Brenets
Canton:	Neuchâtel
Country:	Switzerland
Altitude :	974  m
Coordinates: 47 ° 3 '47.3 "  N , 6 ° 42' 31.9"  E ; CH1903:  544,563  /  212716
Use:	Observation tower
Accessibility:	Observation tower open to the public
Tower data
Construction time :	1874
Architect : Jules Juergensen Building material : concrete
Total height :	14  m
Viewing platform:	12.5  m
Position map
Tour Juergensen

The Tour Jürgensen is located in the municipality of Les Brenets in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

The Danish watchmaker Jules Jürgensen built the tower , which was built in neo-Gothic style in 1874. In 1993 the tower was taken over by an association and renovated. The inauguration took place in 1998.

63 steps lead to the viewing platform at a height of 12.5 meters. From this one has a view of the municipality of Les Brenets in Switzerland and the municipality of Villers-le-Lac in French territory, of the lake Lac des Brenets and various Jura hills . The tower can be reached in around 15 minutes from the car park on Rue du Châtelard.

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  stairway

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  Viewing platform

and display information about the image

360 ° panorama from Tour Jürgensen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ La tour Jürgensen. ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Website of the Saut-du-Doubs.