Baden-Württemberg

Viewpoints and towers in Baden-Württemberg

This collection features 18 notable observation towers, historic castles, and panoramic viewpoints primarily across the Black Forest region. Highlights include the Feldberg, the highest peak in Baden-Württemberg, medieval city gates like the Schwabentor and Altpörtel, as well as numerous towers offering expansive views and architectural heritage from different periods.

Viewpoints & Towers — Map

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Feldberg

At 1,493 metres the Feldberg in the Black Forest is the highest mountain in Baden-Württemberg, and the highest in Germany outside of the…

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Feldbergturm

An 82-meter tall television tower near the Feldberg summit, operational since 2003.

Fritz Gelhard / Public domain

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Oberstdorfer Berge

View Point

Zelmira Rodriguez / CC-BY-SA

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Dreiländereck

Tower

Martin Dürrschnabel / Public domain

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Turmberg

The Turmberg is a hill located in Durlach, a suburb of Karlsruhe in Germany. It is home to a castle ruin.

Andreas Schwarzkopf / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Swabian Gate

The Schwabentor, also called Obertor in the Middle Ages, is the more recent of the two remaining city gates of the medieval defensive wall…

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Merkur

The Merkur or Großer Staufenberg is a mountain, 668.3 m above sea level, in the Northern Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Traktorminze / Public domain

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Bismarckturm Ettlingen

Observation tower in Ettlingen dedicated to Otto von Bismarck, built as a monument and regional heritage site.

Benjamin Reinhard / CC BY 2.5

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Humberg Tower

The Humberg Tower is an observation tower on the Humberg hill, 425 metres high, to the south of the city of Kaiserslautern in southwest…

Frank C. Müller / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Hornisgrinde

The Hornisgrinde, 1,164 m, is the highest mountain in the Northern Black Forest of Germany.

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Laufenburger Chopf

View Point

Schaema3 / Public domain

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Burg Hauenstein

Ruins of a medieval hill castle located at 330 meters above sea level in Laufenburg am Hochrhein.

Tschubby / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Stadlerturm

Observation tower located on Stadlerberg near Niederglatt in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland.

Kira Nerys / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Hochkopf

The Hochkopf is a wooded ridge north of the village of Todtmoos in the southern part of the High Black Forest.

H. Schreiber / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Rehbergturm

A 14-meter high octagonal observation tower built from dressed sandstone in the Palatinate Forest.

H. Schreiber / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Stäffelsbergturm

A 24-meter high accessible observation tower on Stäffelsberg in the Wasgau region.

Immanuel Giel / Public domain

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Old Gate

The Old Gate is the medieval west city gate of Speyer, and is one of the original 68 towers in the old walls and gates.

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Falkenburg Castle

Falkenburg Castle is a castle ruin overlooking the village of Wilgartswiesen in the Palatinate Forest in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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