Eckkopf Tower

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The Eckkopf Tower is a 25-metre-high observation tower on the eponymous Eckkopf, a major hill in the Palatine Forest of Germany. It has a tubular steel design and was erected in summer 1975 by the Deidesheim municipality. It has an observation height of 541 m above NN and offers a good all-round view – to the west, south and north over the Palatine Forest, and to the east over the Upper Rhine Plain. ()

Local name: Eckkopfturm Coordinates: 49°24'58"N, 8°8'17"E

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67146 DeidesheimRhineland-PalatinateGermany

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

Nearby attractions include: Limburg Abbey, Dürkheimer Fass, Hardenburg, Kriemhildenstuhl.

2.9 miN
Monastery, Romanesque architecture
Limburg Abbey, Bad Dürkheim
73 min walk • Limburg Abbey is a ruined abbey near Bad Dürkheim, at the edge of the Palatinate Forest in Germany. In the 9th century, the Salian Dukes from Worms built a fortress on the Linthberg as their family seat. In the early 11th century, the fortress was converted into a monastery with a basilica. It existed until the mid 16th century.
3.6 miN
Winery, Nightlife, Restaurant
Dürkheimer Fass, Bad Dürkheim
93 min walk • The Giant Cask or Giant Barrel, is a tourist attraction in the Palatine spa and district town of Bad Dürkheim in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
3.3 miN
Neighbourhood, Forts and castles
Hardenburg, Bad Dürkheim
84 min walk • The Hardenburg on the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest near the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Bad Dürkheim is even as a ruin one of the mightiest castles of Palatinate.
3.4 miN
Archaeological site
Kriemhildenstuhl, Bad Dürkheim
88 min walk • The Kriemhildenstuhl, more rarely Krimhildenstuhl, in the forests around the Palatine county town of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, is an old Roman quarry, which was worked by the 22nd Legion of the Roman Army, who were stationed in Mogontiacum around 200 A.
2.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Weinbiet
73 min walk • Nestled in the verdant landscape of the Palatinate region in Germany, Weinbiet stands as a testament to the serene beauty of the country's mountainous terrain. This mountain, part of the Haardt range, is not just a geographical landmark but also a cultural beacon that...
1.9 miW
Amusement, Amusement park
Kurpfalzpark
49 min walk • Kurpfalz Park is a recreational and wildlife park on the grounds of the Palatine country town of Wachenheim in the district of Bad Dürkheim.
3.2 miN
Children's museum, Museum, History museum
Palatinate Museum of Natural History, Bad Dürkheim
81 min walk • The Palatinate Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in the Anterior Palatinate county town of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. There is also a branch of the Palatinate museum, the GEOSCOPE Prehistoric Museum at Lichtenberg Castle near the West Palatine county town of Kusel.
3.3 miN
Archaeological site
Heidenmauer, Bad Dürkheim
85 min walk • The Heidenmauer near the Palatine county town of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is a circular rampart or ringwork, two and a half kilometres long, which was built by the Celts around 500 B.
~250 ftE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Eckkopf
2 min walk • The Eckkopf is a 516-metre-high hill in the Palatine Forest in the Germany state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies about 3 km west of the small Palatine town of Deidesheim in the Haardt, as the eastern edge of the Palatine Forest is called.
1.8 miE
49°24'23"N • 8°10'33"E
Schwimmbad im Paradiesgarten, Deidesheim
47 min walk • Watersports, Water park, Amusement park
2.8 miSE
Area
Ruppertsberg, Deidesheim
73 min walk • Ruppertsberg is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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When is Eckkopf Tower open?

Eckkopf Tower is open:

Monday closed
Tuesday closed
Wednesday closed
Thursday closed
Friday closed
Saturday 10 am - 6 pm
Sunday 10 am - 6 pm