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°ECoordinates: 48°57′46″N 09°54′07″E / 48.96278°N 9.90194°E
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

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

• From the newly built visitor car park east of Hohenberg, a gravelled path runs for a good 300 metres directly to the summit.
• A much longer and higher, but less steep path runs fromd 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

1. Altenbergturm, at sulzbach-laufen.de
2. Weitere Infos für Neubau, dated 9 August 2014, at echo-online.de

External links

• 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