The Gräbersberg, at , the highest point in the western

Westerwald The Westerwald (; literally 'Western forest') is a low mountain range on the right bank of the river Rhine in the States of Germany, German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a part of the Rhenish Ma ...

, a low mountain range in central

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whose western region extends from the

Nister Nister is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The community lies north of Hachenburg on the river Große Nister. Nister belongs to the ' ...

river in the east to the

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in the west. On the slopes of the Gräbersberg lies the village of Alpenrod, part of the

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Hachenburg Hachenburg is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The town lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Siegen, roughly 10 km west of Bad Marienberg on the river Nister. Hachenburg is the administrative s ...

. South of the hill is the

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of the Westerwald Lake District and village of

Lochum Lochum is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The village is located in the northeast of Koblenz on the Westerwald Lake Plateau. The reside ...

Viewing tower

In 1998, a 73-metre-high

viewing tower An observation tower is a tower used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision to conduct long distance observations. Observation towers are usually at least tall and are made from stone, iron, and wo ...

, the Gräbersberg Tower, was erected at the summit by mobile telephone operator,

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. At 33 metres above the ground there is a

viewing platform An observation deck, observation platform, or viewing platform is an elevated sightseeing platform usually situated upon a tall architectural structure, such as a skyscraper or observation tower. Observation decks are sometimes enclosed from we ...

which is 8.5 metres in diameter.

Panorama

References

External links

www.alpenrod.de
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