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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

Bad Zwesten

Altenburg Observation Tower

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

Bad Zwesten

Altenburg Observation Tower

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Altenburg Observation Tower

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Location: Bad Zwesten, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Michel ✔

May 14, 2021

The wooden Altenburg tower, about 21 m [4] high, has stood on the mountain top since 1963. The all-round view from its covered viewing platform at a height of around 18 m is partially restricted by trees. The view is free in a westerly direction over the valley of the Schwalm to Bad Zwesten and over the confluence of the Urff in Löwensteiner Grund to the Kellerwald, which reaches its greatest height at 675.3 m, 9.5 km southwest of the Altenburg on the desert garden. To the east, between the trees, you can see the Borken town center, the Gombether See and the Singliser See and, if visibility is good, the Hohe Meißner (753.6 m), 50 km to the north-east. To the south, again partially covered by trees, you can look up the Schwalmtal over Neuental and Schwalmstadt to the Vogelsberg (773 m) 59 km away.
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de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altenburg_(Neuental)

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Michel ✔

May 14, 2021

View of the Gombether See and the Singliser See and, if visibility conditions are good, also of the Hohe Meißner (753.6 m), 50 km to the north-east.

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Michel ✔

May 14, 2021

Great paths around the Altenburg. Fantastic up here.

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Location: Bad Zwesten, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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