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Pleßturm Observation Tower

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Pleßturm Observation Tower

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Location: Breitungen/Werra, Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany

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Valerie

February 3, 2021

The Plesturm adorns the mountain of the same name and offers you a wonderful all-round view. Benches and tables that have been set up around invite you to rest.

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Mapf

November 1, 2021

The Pleß had been a princely hunting area for a long time when the hunting lodge “Pleßhaus” was built approx. 1 km north of the summit in 1866/67 and this later developed into a popular restaurant for excursions. In 1921 the first wooden observation tower was built on the summit. It became dilapidated and was replaced by a stone tower in 1936 (Wiki).

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Tevion1505 (Andreas)

August 6, 2021

The massive observation tower on the Pleßberg, the local mountain of the Breitunger with a height of 644 meters, which was rebuilt in 1999, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the region.

From the approximately 22 meter high platform of the Pleßturm, on a clear day, you have an excellent panoramic view of the Thuringian Forest with its highest elevation, the Grosser Beerberg, the Dolmar near Kühndorf, the Wartburg, the Hohen Meißner, the Hohe Geba and the nearby mountains of the Rhön, such as the Oechsenberg and the Dietrichsberg near Vacha. Staying in the tower is somewhat mystical when the wind whistles with great force over the summit.

The "tower noises" then remind you of one or another story from the fairy tales and legends of days gone by. The magic of the "witches' procession" on Walpurgis Night can literally be felt.

Duke George II of Saxony-Meiningen also seemed to be enchanted when he drew the witches' procession, which originally adorned the theater duke's hunting lodge, which stood in a clearing below the mountain. Today we can find a copy on the foundation of the previous tower.

The tower and hiking hut invite you to take a rest. They are looked after by the Rhönklub Breitungen branch on weekends, Saturday from 1 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m.

On weekdays, a tower key can be picked up from the Breitungen tourist information office against a deposit.

Source: thueringen.info/breitungen-plessberg.html

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Location: Breitungen/Werra, Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany

Pleßturm Observation Tower

1. Bernshäuser Kutte Lake – Pleßturm Observation Tower loop from Bernshausen

2. Schönsee – Pleßturm Observation Tower loop from Bernshausen

3. Rossdorfer Tor Forest Path – Pleßturm Observation Tower loop from Langenfeld

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