The landmark of Spiesen Elversberg.
The Galgenberg Tower is the most important symbol of the Spiesen-Elversberg community. It was built on Spieser Grund between 1937 and 1939 at the time of National Socialism by the citizens of Elversberg and inaugurated on July 8, 1939 as the Adolf Hitler Tower. After the war it was renamed the Galgenberg Tower because it is at 356 m above sea level. NN located hill of the community stands.
Since the end of 2007, the Galgenberg Tower can also be found as an abstract silhouette on the newly designed logo of the community.
From the 17 meter high tower you have a view over the community; when visibility is good, you can see the Schwarzenberg Tower in Saarbrücken, the Schaumberg near Tholey and even as far as Lorraine. Around the Galgenberg Tower, the expansion of the Galgenberg to a local recreation area began in 1979. A rose garden was laid out next to a playground in 1989. At times there were around 1200 floribunda, wild, standard, noble, weeping and climbing roses in 15 varieties on an area of 2000 m². For financial reasons, the rose garden has been less well maintained in recent years. For this reason there are also plans to reduce the size of the garden. In spring 2017, as part of the "Picobello" campaign by the Saar Disposal Association, volunteers and the community's building yard cleaned and botanically restored the rose garden. [1]
Occasionally the immediate area around the tower, especially the open space east of the tower, is used for events. In the past there has been, among other things, "Tower in Flames" with fireworks to match the music, a concert "Klassik am Turm" and, most recently, in the summer of 2014, an open air cinema at which the French comedy "Pretty Best Friends" was shown became. [2] The key for climbing the tower can be requested from the tower guard by telephone. [3]