Wissifluhturm

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Wissifluhturm
Image of the object
Basic data
Place: Vitznau
Canton: Lucerne
Country: Switzerland
Altitude : 935  m
Coordinates: 47 ° 0 '8.6 "  N , 8 ° 29" 33.8 "  E ; CH1903:  680,164  /  206242
Use: Observation tower
Accessibility: Observation tower open to the public
Tower data
Construction time : 1990
Building material : Wood
Total height : 9  m
Viewing platform: 6  m
Position map
Wissifluhturm (Canton of Lucerne)
Wissifluhturm
Wissifluhturm
Localization of the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland

The Wissifluhturm is a lookout tower on the alp of the same name in the municipality of Vitznau in the Swiss canton of Lucerne .

situation

The tower made of wood is nine meters high. Thirty steps lead to the viewing platform at a height of six meters. The platform offers a view of Lake Lucerne and the Buochs ​​military airfield.

The quickest way to get to the observation tower is with the Wissifluh cable car. From the mountain station, a footpath leads to the tower in five minutes.

  • Viewing platform

  • stairway

history

The tower was built in 1990 from the wood of the old Rigibahn depot in Vitznau.
A Super Puma helicopter from the Swiss Army flew the tower shell from Vitznau to the current location.

and display information about the image
360 ° panorama from the Wissifluhturm

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ site wissifluh.ch , accessed on July 27, 2018