🗼 Gustav Vietor Tower

Germany · Europe · 50.11°N, 8.14°E

The Gustav Vietor Tower was one of the earliest steel lattice observation towers to be built in Germany. Constructed of stone and steel in 1882–3 on the Hohe Wurzel mountain near Wiesbaden in Hesse, the 23-metre-tall tower was demolished in 2006, having been closed to visitors 20 years earlier, although it remained in use by radio amateurs.

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Quick facts

Country	Germany
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	50.11°N, 8.14°E · view on map

Gustav Vietor Tower is located in Germany, in Europe.

More observation towers in Germany

Altenberg Tower · Atzelberg Tower · Aussichtsturm Schlossberg · Berlin Radio Tower · Bismarck Tower (Aachen) · Bitterfeld Arch · Blumenthal Observation Tower · Büchenbronn Observation Tower · Eckkopf Tower · Eichberg Tower.

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