Altenberg (Limpurg Hills)

Altenberg

The summit during the construction of the tower

Highest point
Elevation| 564.7 m (1,853 ft)
Coordinates| 48°57′46″N 09°54′07″E﻿ / ﻿48.96278°N 9.90194°E﻿ / 48.96278; 9.90194
Geography

Altenberg

Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Parent range| Limpurg Hills
The Altenberg Tower from the NW View of the staircase The Altenberg in the Limpurg Hills in the central eastern part of the Swabian-Franconian Forest

The Altenberg is the highest summit in the Limpurg Hills in southwest Germany, reaching a height of 564.7 m above sea level (NHN) and rising some 60 metres above the surrounding area. It lies east of Hohenberg, a village in the municipality of Sulzbach-Laufen, within the county of Schwäbisch Hall in the state of Baden-Württemberg.

## Altenberg Tower

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At the summit is the Altenberg Tower, a 38.3-metre-high[1] observation tower. The tower was opened on 7 October 2007[2] and measures 36 metres from the ground to the observation platform. As a result, the fully covered viewing point is at a height of about 600 m.

## Access

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* From the newly built visitor car park east of Hohenberg, a graveled path runs for a good 300 metres directly to the summit.
* A much longer and higher, but less steep path runs from the farm of Altenberg about 500 metres south of Hohenberg.
* In addition, various paths run from the east from the road between Hohenberg and Wegstetten as from the south from the Abtsklinge.

## References

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1. ^ Altenbergturm, at sulzbach-laufen.de
2. ^ Weitere Infos für Neubau Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, dated 9 August 2014, at echo-online.de

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Altenberg (Limpurger Berge).

* Altenbergturm, at sulzbach-laufen.de via Internet Archive
* Topographic map with the Altenberg, in the geodata viewer at geoportal-bw.de
* 360-degree panorama from the Altenberg Tower (Description of what's visible switchable), at panorama-photo.net