The water tower near Notscheid, also known as the “Forefinger of Leggwies”, was built in 1927/28 as part of the Linzer Höhe district group waterworks in order to supply the villages up there with running water very early on. The tower was operational until 1973.

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The water tower as an orientation visible from afar

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