Humberg Tower

The Humbergturm is a lookout tower on the 425 meter high Humberg south of the city of Kaiserslautern.

In 1896, the idea for the tower on the Humberg (then already a popular vantage point of Kaiserslautern citizens) taken. These citizens founded the city of Kaiserslautern Humberg the Club with the aim to realize the financing and construction of an observation tower. The founding members included the well-known sewing machine manufacturer Pfaff, Mayor Dr.Orth that Kommerzienräte Pfeiffer and Karcher and Malzfabrikant Gelbert.

The tower was built according to the plans of the Munich architect Ludwig Ritter von Stamp, who had already made ​​a name for some public buildings in the city. The Humbergturm is a typical for the Wilhelmine period monumental Sandsteinquaderbau. In the spring of 1899 was the start of construction. The building material was broken from the rocky plateau of the Humbergs site. On 2 September 1900, the tower was inaugurated. The tower has a height of 35.77 meters, its observation platform is 28.16 meters above the ground. The spiral staircase inside has 130 steps, plus the 33 stages of the outside stairs coming to the base.

In 1909, the then Humberg Club disbanded. Tower and club funds went into the possession of the city of Kaiserslautern. 2001, the Humbergturm Club Kaiserslautern eV founded with the intention to preserve the tower and its attractiveness as a destination for hikers.