Built in 1925, the observation tower on the Eselsberg is about 18 m high. The hut of the Swabian Albverein is farmed on Sundays and public holidays and the wood-clad lookout tower can be climbed for 50 cents. From the top you have a 360 degree panoramic view of the Löwensteiner mountains, the Swabian Alb and the Black Forest. On the almost 400 m high mountain was once a castle, which was first mentioned in 1188 as Dienstmannsitz the Counts of Vaihingen. Today only the moat bears witness to the former castle.

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Andreas

June 30, 2015

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Hosted on Sundays and holidays. Looks very comfortable ... was only there on Tuesdays :)

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Yaşli Eşek Jörg

July 19, 2015

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The donkey castle tower is a lookout tower on the donkey mountain near Ensingen, a district of Vaihingen an der Enz in the northwest of the district of Ludwigsburg. Its …

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Location: Vaihingen an der Enz, Landkreis Ludwigsburg, Kraichgau-Stromberg, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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