ダッケンハイムの絶景の山頂・トップ18

The Viewing Chamber (not to be confused with the Dragon's Cave!) is, as the name suggests, open on two sides (southwest and south/northeast) and lies just a few meters below the South Rock. There is NO railing here (except on the stairs). You reach the Viewing Chamber from the South Rock via an entrance at the base of a birch tree (which branches into two trunks) and then via a staircase hewn into the rock, which makes a 90-degree turn and has a metal railing at the bottom. A truly special place! One of the rock faces down here looks like a dragon's face!

The Zeppelin Tower is a viewing platform on the summit (342 m) of the Ebersberg in the Seebach district of the city of Bad Dürkheim. As early as 1854, a tower was built on the mountain, which was named Malakoff Tower after the French statesman and general Pélissier (“Malakoff”; 1794–1864) in memory of the victory in the Crimean War (1853–1856). On August 4, 1908, when Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838–1917) was on a tour of the southwest of the German Empire with his airship, numerous onlookers hiked to the observation tower to see the Zeppelin in the distance. Around 1909 the structure was renamed the Zeppelin Tower to commemorate the Zeppelin flight. In 1974 the tower was renovated by the Palatinate Forest Association (PWV; Seebach local group).

The Drachenfels is a popular hiking destination that can be easily reached from the south (Lambrecht, Neidenfelds) or from the north (Saupferch). The summit area comprises a chain of rocks with an area of 13 hectares, designated as a nature reserve. A distant view to the south is possible at two points (Westfels and Südfels).

A few meters before the southern rock tip there is a narrow passage through which one can walk can descend to the viewing chamber, a cave open on both sides of the rock. Great views and there is also a stone dragon head here. Well who discovers him?

The Celts from the Limburg mountain and the valley settlement in Hausen buried their dead here. After the fire, the "Schneckennudel" lookout point, also known as the "Zeppelin Tower", was rebuilt in 1974. The building, formerly known as the “Malakoffturm” (Kriem War), was given the name “Zeppelinturm” before the First World War, when the first zeppelin was sighted over Bad Dürkheim. The vernacular refers to it as "snail noodle" because of its spiral-shaped rise, a rarity among viewpoints. See https://www.pfalz.de/de/sehenswuerdigkeit/schneckennudel-und-karl-raeder-blick

Great view towards the Palatinate Forest. Especially great at sunset / evening light. The snail noodle is officially called the Zeppelin tower. Goes back to a flyover of Graf Zeppelin with his airship. At that time, numerous onlookers wandered to the tower.

Original observation tower, although I was rather disappointed with the view. It was quite overgrown, maybe I was just unlucky and the hedges and bushes will be cut back a little until my next visit ...

Funny kind of a lookout tower, unfortunately the trees urgently need to be tackled, as there is no longer any real view. What a shame