Via Regia Observation Tower on Weinberg

The view from the observation tower on “Monte Fennelino”, the Rößberg, is outstanding. If you want to see the special features of the “Weinberg” nature reserve, which is right next door, you have to take a closer look. The "Enzian Schillergrasrasen" is represented there with an occurrence that is also of national importance. The pasque flower is easier to recognize for laypeople in botanical science, whose blue and purple flowers adorn the vineyard in the warm season. Nowhere else in Hessen is there such a large occurrence of this plant, which thrives on the nutrient-poor limestone soil.
But the biodiversity on the site in the east of Hünfeld, which extends above the prison, has decreased in recent years, reports Ewald Sauer from the Rhön Biosphere Reserve. As a representative of the Upper Nature Conservation Authority, he is responsible for the area that is largely owned by the City of Hünfeld. “In order to maintain and improve the quality of the nature reserve, we are now starting with a new concept: for around two weeks, a shepherd has been taking around 400 sheep and 40 goats to the area every day and out again in the evening, seven days a week .Source: Fulda newspaper

Top view over Hünfeld or the surrounding area.

Great 360° all-round view, beautiful place.