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Luitpold Tower

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The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Luitpold Tower
Luitpold Tower. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Luitpold Tower (Luitpoldturm or Luitpoldsturm) was erected in 1909 on the summit of one of the highest hills in the Palatine Forest, the 610-metre-high Weißenberg as an observation tower. It is made of bunter sandstone.

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Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More tall towers in Germany

  1. Fernsehturm Berlin368 m
  2. Europaturm331.1 m
  3. Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg292.8 m
  4. Transmitter Riegelsberg285.5 m
  5. Heinrich Hertz Tower279.2 m

Other tall towers worldwide

  1. Warsaw radio mast · Konstantynów646.4 m
  2. Tokyo Skytree · Oshiage634 m
  3. KRDK-TV mast · Traill County627.8 m
  4. Diversified Communications Tower · South Carolina609.6 m
  5. KATV tower · Jefferson County609.6 m
  6. KVLY-TV mast · Blanchard605 m
  7. Abraj Al Bait · Mecca601 m
  8. Canton Tower · Chigang Subdistrict600 m