Atzelberg

Atzelberg with telecommunications tower

The Atzelberg is 507 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the Taunus. It is located in the district Kelkheimer Eppenhain. On the Atzelberg there is a telecommunication tower and an observation tower, which was destroyed in August 2008 by a fire in 2012 and rebuilt. The Atzelberg is a popular destination for hikers and cyclists. Right next to the tower is a barbecue area with barbecue hut, about 250 meters east of it a football field. The name of the mountain derives from a vernacular name of the magpie.

Telecommunications tower

Erected in 1969 telecommunications tower is 98 m high and built of reinforced concrete. It is used today (as of 2008 ) only for GSM. The tower is accessed via a paved and closed to motor vehicles away from Eppenhain from.

Observation tower

The Atzelbergturm is a 30.39 m high observation tower made ​​of pine wood, the open observation deck at 533 meters above sea level. NHN can be reached via 151 steps. This makes him the highest publicly accessible point in the Main- Taunus district and offers a largely unobstructed view in all directions. In the southeast the densely built- Rhein -Main region lies with the skyline of Frankfurt am Main, to the northeast of the forested hilly Hintertaunus.

He is the third lookout on the Atzelberg. From 1913 to 1976, it was at the same place just a steel lattice tower, named after the wife of the founder, the factory director Philip Maul, Luisenturm. The old tower had to be demolished due to disrepair; the Kelkheim said after the incorporation Eppenhains 1977 a new building to. Erected in 1980 and was succeeded by a 31 m high wooden truss structure with a triangular base. He burned on the morning of August 5, 2008 probably down by arson. The ruins of the tower was demolished afterwards.

After plans for a network operator, at his own expense wiederzuerrichten the tower and there to install a mobile antenna failed due to the resistance of the population, the city Kelkheim could not initially cover the anticipated re-establishment. Not least because of a private donation of 80,000 Euros was the Atzelbergturm 2012 but then rebuilt for a total of 330,000 euros and be inaugurated on 27 October of the same year.

Protection and barbecue hut

The former Atzelbergturm ( before the destruction of 2008)

Concrete foundations of the destroyed tower

The new Atzelbergturm