Rhineland-Palatinate
Bad Dürkheim
Kallstadt

Bismarck Tower

The Bismarck Tower on the 497-metre-high Peterskopf in the mountains on the eastern edge of the Palatine Forest stands within an exclave of the municipality of in the German state of .
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  • Type: Scenic viewpoint
  • Description: observation tower on Peterskopf near Kallstadt
  • Also known as: “Bismarckturm (Kallstadt)” and “Bismarckturm Kallstadt”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Peterskopf and Hofruine Weilach.

Peak
Photo: Paul Henning, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , near the county town of in the German state of , is a 487-metre-high hill in the mountains. On its summit is the Bismarck tower.

Photo: Ulli1105, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is situated 540 metres southeast of Bismarck Tower.

Peak
Photo: Fränsmer, CC0.
The is a hill, 470 metres high, in a wooded exclave of northwest of the German town of . Its summit is the site of a transmission tower owned by Deutsche Telekom.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hardenburg and Leistadt.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Bismarck Tower.

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is a spa town in the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration in the . lies at the edge of the Palatinate Forest on the German Wine Route.

Bismarck Tower

Latitude
49.47911° or 49° 28′ 45″ north
Longitude
8.12949° or 8° 7′ 46″ east
Elevation
493 metres (1,617 feet)
Inception
1903
Height
36 metres (118 feet)
Operator
Drachenfelsclub
Network
Bismarckturm
Open location code
8FXCF4HH+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 320176096
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Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
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tourism=­viewpoint
Wiki­data ID
Q866537
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In Other Languages

From Bashkir to Russian—“Bismarck Tower” goes by many names.
  • Bashkir: “Бисмарк манараһы (Кальштадт)”
  • Bashkir: “Бисмарк манараһы”
  • Esperanto: “Bismarckturm”
  • German: “Bismarckturm (Kallstadt)”
  • German: “Bismarckturm”
  • Japanese: “ビスマルク塔”
  • Russian: “Башня Бисмарка (Кальштадт)”
  • Russian: “Башня Бисмарка”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gayersbrunnen and Felsenbrünnchen.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bismarck Tower”. Photo: HubiB, CC BY 3.0.