Roßkopfturm
The Roßkopf tower is a 34.4 m high observation tower of steel frame structure commissioned and financed by the Schwarzwaldverein and built by the Freiburg architect Philipp Anton Lazy in 1889 on the 737 m high Roßkopf near Freiburg between the Dreisam valley and the Glotter valley.Photo: Andreas Schwarzkopf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: observation tower on Roßkopf mountain in the Black Forest
- Also known as: “Roßkopf Tower”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roßkopf and St. Odile.
Roßkopf
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Roßkopf is a mountain of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The 737 m high Rosskopf is a mountain in the Black Forest in the northeast of Freiburg and the southeast of Gundelfingen.
St. Odile
Church
Photo: Joergens.mi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Odile is a forest sanctuary in Freiburg's suburb Waldsee. It is located at a height of 480 m in a forest clearing in the upper St. Odile ravine in the municipal forest of Freiburg at the southern slope of the Roßkopf at a distance of approximately 750 m from St. St. Odile is situated 780 metres south of Roßkopfturm.
St. Wendelin’s Chapel
Church
Photo: Joergens.mi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The small St. Wendelin's Chapel is located about 750 metres east of St. Odile above the Musbach valley, Germany, on the Small Roßkopf, a spur of the Roßkopf, at a height of 540 m. St. Wendelin’s Chapel is situated 1¼ km south of Roßkopfturm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Freiburg Charterhouse and Ebnet.
Freiburg Charterhouse
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Freiburg Charterhouse is a former Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Ebnet
Suburb
Photo: Joergens.mi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ebnet is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km south of Roßkopfturm.
Waldsee
Suburb
Waldsee is an eastern district of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, with a population of around 5,400 inhabitants. It is named after the local recreational area of the same name. Waldsee is situated 2½ km southwest of Roßkopfturm.
Roßkopfturm
- Categories: observation tower, tower, and tourism
- Location: Gundelfingen, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.00999° or 48° 0′ 36″ northLongitude
7.90164° or 7° 54′ 6″ eastInception
1889Height
34 metres (113 feet)Open location code
8FW92W52+XMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1142212492OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q82966
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Tosk Albanian—“Roßkopfturm” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Roßkopfturm”
- Dutch: “Roßkopfturm”
- French: “Roßkopfturm”
- German: “Friedrichsturm”
- German: “Rosskopfturm”
- German: “Roßkopfturm”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Roßkopfturm”
- Spanish: “Torre del Roßkopf”
- Tosk Albanian: “Roßkopfturm”
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