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Hasenbergturm Ruins

Hasenbergturm Ruins

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Hasenbergturm Ruins

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Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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1. Solitude Palace – Hasenberg loop from Wilhelm-Geiger-Platz

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2. Schwälblesklinge Gorge – St John's Church at the Feuersee loop from Schloss-/Johannesstraße

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3. Bärenschlössle at Bärensee – Pfaffensee loop from Stuttgart Feuersee

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Kristian

May 25, 2023

In 1870, the Stuttgart Beautification Association decided to build Stuttgart's first observation tower on the Hasenberg. In 1878 the association agreed on a design by August Beyer. The cornerstone was laid on March 6, 1879, King Karl's 56th birthday. After its inauguration on August 18, 1879, the Hasenberg Tower became a popular landmark and excursion destination in the city because of its magnificent view of the Swabian Jura and parts of the Black Forest.[1] The beautification association had to spend 25,800 marks on the construction.

On March 24, 1943, the tower, like other observation towers around Stuttgart, was blown up by the SS because it could have served as an orientation aid for approaching bombers. In the end, the inner city of Stuttgart was heavily bombed despite the blast.[2] Only a stump remained. In the 1950s, the association tried in vain to get compensation for the reconstruction of the tower. Efforts to rebuild were discontinued because a better vantage point resulted from the heaping up of the Birkenkopf from the rubble of the Second World War.

In 1973 the Hasenberg facility was redesigned. In addition to the stump of the tower there is a monument to the poet Wilhelm Hauff from 1882 and large sculptures by Otto Herbert Hajek in this green area. Because of the blast, the city of Stuttgart has to pay the beautification association a permanent small compensation for the lost entrance fees.
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasenbergturm_(Stuttgart)

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Jan

September 11, 2018

A nice rest area. But there are hardly any views. Overgrown with trees.

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Jürgen Hild

October 15, 2018

A few meters from the tower you have between the trees a nice view to the TV tower!

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🌳 samota

June 16, 2020

the tower itself is only a (very nice!) ruin. A few meters from the tower you can see great in and over the city center

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UweG

November 22, 2020

On March 24, 1943, this city landmark was blown up. Only a stump is left of the tower.

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Ralf

July 14, 2018

Rest area after a climb from the city center

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KISS

August 17, 2018

Unfortunately, you are not allowed to grill on the tower. There are several tables and benches for rest. A large table is under the roof.

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Paddy

February 11, 2022

Great memorial. Blown up because people thought that planes (enemy bombers) were based on it. Maintained by an association.

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Rika123

November 12, 2022

... the stub of the tower of the former "Hasenberg Tower" is in Stuttgart-West in the "Hasenberg" district of Baden-Württemberg
- The tower was built in 1879 based on a design by August Beyer
- was a popular observation tower until 1943
- the tower was 36 m high and was made of red sandstone from the Gerlingen quarry
- Diameter approx. 5.70 meters and could be climbed using 184 steps
- In 1943 the tower was blown up because it was feared that it could serve as a guide for approaching bombers - after that Stuttgart was heavily bombed anyway (see memorial "Birkenkopf")
- In 1973 the "Hasenberganlage" was redesigned

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Claudia

August 9, 2022

A nice place, the tower was closed.

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🚲CyklistCR🚲

October 31, 2023

First tower with a view of Stuttgart
Design by Prof. Beyer - made of red stone
Inaugurated on August 18, 1879
Blown up by the Air District Command on March 24, 1943
The mountain nose of the Stubensandsteinplatte of the Birkenkopf, which protrudes into the Stuttgart valley basin and separates Stuttgart West and South, is the Hasenberg. Hunters and gatherers had already built their camp up there in the Mesolithic period.

In 1861, the year the Beautification Association was founded, a commission began preliminary studies to determine which objects should be tackled first and foremost to create green spaces. This included the Hasenberg, which at that time was still very far outside the built-up and populated city.

But the association soon began working on the project of an observation tower, as there had not been one of these in Stuttgart up to that point. Two locations were considered for this in 1869. In the south on the Lias edge at the Exorzierplatz near Degerloch and the highest point of the Birkenkopf, the Hasenberg.

The more comprehensive view of the Stuttgart valley and far beyond was there on the Hasenberg. It was also easier to reach via the Hasenbergsteige, which was an old long-distance route.

On June 1, 1870, the general assembly at the Silberburg passed the resolution "to build a tower about 100 feet high behind the hunter's house", which was built in 1852 as a forester's house. A tower fund of 500 guilders was set up

vsv-stuttgart.de/index.php?article_id=46

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Jürgen Hild

October 15, 2018

From here you have a magnificent view to the Stuttgart TV tower!

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Ralf Bauder

September 13, 2025

After the tower was blown up during World War II, unfortunately, only a stump remains. Since this offers no view, it is no longer accessible. However, there is a viewing terrace right next door.

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netsrohT

October 23, 2025

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