Idarkopfturm

The Idarkopfturm in the Hunsrück part Idarwald in Rhineland-Palatinate is a 28.50 m high observation tower on the Idarkopf ( 745.7 m above sea level. NHN ).

Geographical location

The Idarkopfturm is in the nature park Saar -Hunsrück about 200 meters northwest from the summit of Idarkopfs, located between the southeastern Stipshausen ( Birkenfeld ) and the northwestern high Scheid (Landkreis Bernkastel -Wittlich ) rises. Its location is on 744.2 m in height. About 320 m northeast of the observation tower stands at about 738 m altitude, a transmission tower.

History and Description

The tower was built in 1980 as a wooden structure has a triangular floor plan and has 150 steps. It replaced the dilapidated over time become precursor tower, which was built in 1909 as an artillery observation post and had to be climbed over a wooden ladder.

Viewing and use

Today, the Idarkopfturm particularly to the observation serves. From its observation deck of view, among others, falls down to Stipshausen and high Scheid as well as to the Great Feldberg ( 881.5 m) in the Taunus mountains, thunder mountain ( 668.5 m) in the North Palatine Uplands, on the landscape of the Hunsrück with the legacy head ( 816, 32 m), the Hohe Acht ( 746.9 m) in the Eifel and Fuchskaute ( 657.3 m) in the Westerwald.

The tower serves as a platform for the activities of participating in Summits on the Air - Germany radio amateurs.