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Altvaterturm on Wetzstein

Altvaterturm on Wetzstein

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Altvaterturm on Wetzstein

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Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

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Location: Thuringia, Germany

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1. View of Staatsbruch Lake – Göpelschacht facility Lehesten loop from Lehesten

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2. View of Staatsbruch Lake – Altvaterturm on Wetzstein loop from Lehesten

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3. Altvaterturm on Wetzstein – Göpelschacht facility Lehesten loop from Steinbach am Wald

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Christian 🏔️ OUTDOOR 🥾🧗🏻‍♂️🚵‍♀️

November 16, 2024

The tower is located on the Wetzstein hill.
A circular hiking trail to Staatsbruch Lehesten also runs here.

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Söhni 🏃

January 31, 2020

The new Altvaterturm is a memorial against expulsion, a memorial and meeting place, a place of reconciliation, a tourist showcase on the south-eastern Rennsteig. Several rooms in the Altvaterturm are used to display local and historical material.
The tower has a height of 35.8 m, the viewing height on the open viewing platform is 824 m above sea level. N.N.

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

July 21, 2024

The tower on the Wetzstein was built as a memorial against the expulsion of people and as a place of remembrance of a lost homeland. After the expulsion of the Germans from Czechoslovakia in 1945/46, local friends founded the Altvaterturmverein Langgöns in 1976. In 1999, the association rebuilt the Altvaterturm, which collapsed on May 2, 1959 and was not rebuilt, on the Wetzstein in a true-to-original manner.

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Altvaterturm on Wetzstein

1. View of Staatsbruch Lake – Göpelschacht facility Lehesten loop from Lehesten

2. View of Staatsbruch Lake – Altvaterturm on Wetzstein loop from Lehesten

3. Altvaterturm on Wetzstein – Göpelschacht facility Lehesten loop from Steinbach am Wald

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