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West Tower, Wangerooge

West Tower, Wangerooge

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West Tower, Wangerooge

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Location: Wangerooge, Landkreis Friesland, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany

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3. View of the North Sea Dike – Wangerooge Beach loop from Westen

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Angelina Kuhlmann

September 15, 2021

Today's west tower is the third tower at this point. In the 14th century the first was built as a church tower, in the 17th century the second. It was destroyed in 1855 and the remains were blown up in 1914. The new west tower was built in 1933 and has been a youth hostel since the end of World War II.

The tower can be climbed and there is also a bistro: jugendherberge.de/jugendherbergen/wangerooge-565/portraet.

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Bettina

August 4, 2025

The West Tower has always been an attraction; when I was there with school in 1981, climbing it was the absolute highlight – back then the youth hostel was still in the Dünenhalle; also very beautiful and idyllic

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Rainer Schmidt

July 28, 2019

The youth hostel Wangerooge is housed in the west tower; very idyllic location; It is less than 3 km to the village and just over 1 km to the west pier

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Location: Wangerooge, Landkreis Friesland, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany

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