Altenberg (Limpurg Hills)

Altenberg
The summit during the construction of the tower
Highest point
Elevation 564.7 m (1,853 ft)
Coordinates 48°57′46″N 09°54′07″E / 48.96278°N 9.90194°E / 48.96278; 9.90194Coordinates: 48°57′46″N 09°54′07″E / 48.96278°N 9.90194°E / 48.96278; 9.90194 
Geography
Parent range Limpurg Hills
The Altenberg Tower from the NW
View of the staircase
The Altenberg in the Limpurg Hills in the central eastern part of the Swabian-Franconian Forest

The Altenberg is the highest summit in the Limpurg Hills in southwest Germany, reaching a height of 564.7 m above sea level (NHN) and rising some 60 metres above the surrounding area. It lies east of Hohenberg, a village in the municipality of Sulzbach-Laufen, within the county of Schwäbisch Hall in the state of Baden-Württemberg.

Altenberg Tower

At the summit is the Altenberg Tower, a 38.3-metre-high[1] observation tower The tower was opened on 7 October 2007[2] and measures 36 metres from the ground to the observation platform. As a result the fully covered viewing point is at a height of about 600 m.

Access

  • From the newly built visitor car park east of Hohenberg, a gravelled path runs for a good 300 metres directly to the summit.
  • A much longer and higher, but less steep path runs fromd the farm of Altenberg about 500 metres south of Hohenberg.
  • In addition, various paths run from the east from the road between Hohenberg and Wegstetten as from the south from the Abtsklinge.

References

  1. ↑ Altenbergturm, at sulzbach-laufen.de
  2. ↑ Weitere Infos für Neubau, dated 9 August 2014, at echo-online.de
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