Von-der-Heydt-Turm
Hiking Highlight
This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Bergisches Land
Location: Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
The tower is for groups by telephone reservation at Tel .:
0202-563 5548 accessibleOctober 29, 2017
The Von der Heydt tower is a lookout tower at an altitude of 274 m. NN in front of the Königshöhe on the Kiesberg, which rises south of the Wupper in the Wuppertal district of Elberfeld-West.
The tower was built in 1892 from donations (10,000 marks) of the Elberfelder banker August Freiherr von der Heydt and named after the founder. It was built in the style of the German Renaissance after the design of the Elberfeld city construction inspector Schaumann. He is 20 m high. Volunteer towers today allow groups to tour the tower.
A bronze plaque commemorating the founding family was stolen during World War II. In 2013, a stele was erected with information board with the history of the building.
- Wikipedia (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von-der-Heydt-Turm)December 2, 2016
The tower was built in 1892.
He was sponsored by the Elberfeld banker Freiherr August von der Heydt.May 21, 2023
The stele with information mentioned in Wikipedia does not seem to exist anymore ... :-(
October 15, 2017
On September 24, 1892, the Von der Heydt tower was inaugurated on the Kiesberg. There were representatives of the von der Heydt family, city councilors of the city of Elberfeld, members of the Elberfeld Beautification Association, numerous citizens and Lord Mayor Jaeger, who took care of the tower in the city. The city of Elberfeld contributed 10,000 marks to the costs from a Karl von der Heydts foundation and the Elberfeld Beautification Association 5,000 marks.The tower was designed by Stadtbauinspektor Schaumann in "medieval castle style." It has a two-flight external staircase, bay window and an arbor supported on four corbels. Once you could see unhindered from the platform at a height of 20 meters over the Wuppertal to Hagen, today the trees of the Burgholz have overtaken the tower in size.Source: denkmal-wuppertal.de/2012/10/von-der-heydt-turm.html
June 8, 2021
Beautiful tower on the gravel mountain. The tower is over 130 years old
February 13, 2023
The tower has not been accessible to the public since 2008. In 2013, the Förderverein Historische Parkanlagen Wuppertal leased the Weyerbuschturm from the city of Wuppertal and assumed responsibility for the repair of the Weyerbuschturm.
July 28, 2017
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