Idarkopf Tower

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Idarkopf Tower, also known as Idarkopf Observation Tower for long, is a wooden German lattice observation tower on the summit of Mt. Idarkopf in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The observation tower on the 746 m-high mountain of Idarkopf has a total height of 28.50 m. Built in 1980, the tower was constructed according to a certain kind of specialized wooden frame and was designed through triangular sketch. Staircases are uncountable because of the vast number of steps. The roof, which contains the observation deck, is considered the highest accessible point in the whole area, providing a unique view of the town nearby. ()

Local name: Idarkopfturm Opened: 1980 (44 years ago)Height: 94 ftCoordinates: 49°51'42"N, 7°16'13"E

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Rhineland-PalatinateGermany

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Idarkopf Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Schmidtburg, An den zwei Steinen, Idarkopf, Archäologiepark Belginum.

5.4 miE
Forts and castles
Schmidtburg, Bundenbach
139 min walk • The Schmidtburg is a ruined hill castle next to Schneppenbach in Germany. The castle was built up in 926, and was destroyed during the War of the Grand Alliance by French troops in 1688.
2.7 miSW
Mountain
An den zwei Steinen, Kempfeld
69 min walk • An den zwei Steinen is a mountain, 766.2 m above sea level, in the Idar Forest in the counties of Birkenfeld and Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
~130 ftE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Idarkopf
1 min walk • The Idarkopf near Stipshausen in the Hunsrück is a mountain, 745.7 m above sea level, within the Idar Forest in the German counties of Birkenfeld and Bernkastel-Wittlich. It is one of the highest mountains in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
4.7 miW
Specialty museum, Science museum, Museum
Archäologiepark Belginum, Morbach
121 min walk • The Belginum Archaeological Park is an archaeological museum and open-air museum near the Rhineland-Palatinate village of Wederath in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the Hunsrück Heights Road.
5 miS
Church
Evangelical Church, Kempfeld
128 min walk • The Evangelical Church Kempfeld is the Protestant church in Kempfeld of the Protestant parish Schauren-Kempfeld-Bruchweiler in Hunsrück.
2 miN
Locality
Horbruch
51 min walk • Horbruch is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen, whose seat is in Herrstein.
1.2 miSE
Locality
Stipshausen
31 min walk • Stipshausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.