Bismarckturm Bad Durkheim (Kallstadt)
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Dirkjogt
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The Bismarck Tower in Pfälzerwald at Kallstadt (Bad-Durkheim)
Waymark Code: WMC1D3
Location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Date Posted: 07/14/2011
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The Bismarckturm of Kallstadt, designed by architekt Friedrich Kunst of Karlsruhe, was build in 1901-1903 and opened at July 5th 1903. The construction costs were 30.000 ‘Reichsmark’.
The tower is built at the ‘Peterskopf’ (496 m high) in the ‘Pfälzerwald’. It’s the highest Bismarck tower in the ‘Reinland-Pfalz’.
It is built in the Neo-Romanesque style of the 19th century and a combination of monument (Denkmal) and watchtower. De tower was restored in 1992-1998.
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