Great view over the Wetterau, interesting building and nice place for a rest.
The Limes used to run over the Gaulskopf, on which the Roman watchtower WP 4/16 (numbering of the Reich Limes Commission) was located. Standing on the summit area, the tower offered a panoramic view of the surrounding Taunus heights of the eastern Hintertaunus and the Wetterau. There was a visual connection to Friedberg Castle via the watchtower on Johannisberg. There were similar towers, which probably belonged to a signal chain, at Wölfersheim-Wohnbach and on Kapellenberg near Hofheim am Taunus. The tower on the Gaulskopf was located between the Kaisergrube small fort and the “Am Eichkopf” small fort (see list of forts on the Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes). Today the Hochtaunus Limes Adventure Trail follows the course of the Limes over the Gaulskopf.
The current reconstruction of the Roman tower was inaugurated in 1926. Only ruins remained of the original tower. The reconstruction was carried out with funds from Gustav Oberlaender (June 2, 1867 to November 30, 1936), a German-born hosiery entrepreneur from the USA. The 15.1 m high tower is unusually large with a side length of 8 m. A total of 47 steps lead over an intermediate floor to the closed 8.8 m high viewing platform, which provides a view of the surrounding area through 16 arched windows.