Loorenkopf

Loorenkopf tower is a 33-metre high freestanding wood lattice tower on Adlisberg, north of Witikon in Zürich, Switzerland. It was built in 1954. The tower is owned by Zürich city and it is open to the public.

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Type: Scenic viewpoint
Description: Tower in Zurich, Switzerland
Also known as: “Loorenkopf tower” and “Loorenkopf-Turm”
Address: Loorenkopfstrasse 99, Zürich, 8053

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Adlisberg and Cemetery Witikon.

Adlisberg

Peak

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Adlisberg, with an elevation of 701 metres, is a wooded mountain in Switzerland overlooking Lake Zurich to the northwest near the Zürichberg.

Cemetery Witikon

Cemetery

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Cemetery Witikon is situated 1 km southeast of Loorenkopf.

Burg Dübelstein

Castle

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Burg Dübelstein is a castle, which is situated 1½ km northeast of Loorenkopf.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Witikon and Pfaffhausen.

Witikon

Suburb

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Witikon is a quarter in the district 7 in Zürich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1934. As of 2025, the quarter has a population of 11,747 distributed on an area of 4.93 km2.

Pfaffhausen

Village

Pfaffhausen is a settlement in the municipality of Fällanden in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. It has an elevation of 597 m, and lies in the valley between the northern flank of the Öschbrig and the southeastern slope of the Adlisberg.