Weißer Stein is the name of a 548-metre (1,798 ft) high hill in the

Odenwald The Odenwald () is a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. Location The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße and the ''Hessisches Ried'' (the northeastern section ...

, north of

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and east of

Dossenheim Dossenheim () is a municipality in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis (district) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on Bergstraße and Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Geography Location Dossenheim lies 5 kilometers north of Heidelberg along the ...

. On Weißer Stein is a 20 m tall lookout tower. It was built in 1906 by the members of the Odenwald club. In good weather other high mountains of the Odenwald can be seen, such as

Melibokus The Melibokus (also ''Melibocus'', ''Malchen'' or ''Malschen'') is at 517 metres (1696 feet), the highest hill in the Bergstraße region of southern Hesse, central Germany. It was also the name of a hill in Germania described by classical s ...

Katzenbuckel The Katzenbuckel (626 metres) is an extinct volcano and the highest elevation in the Odenwald region of southeast Germany. The mountain is located eastwards of Eberbach, near the village of Waldbrunn. At the top of the Katzenbuckel is an 18-m-h ...

, Tromm and Neunkircher Höhe. Near the tower is the ''Höhengaststätte Weißer Stein'' tavern with a beer garden. Nearby is the 108 m (354 ft) tall

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of the

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AG (''German telephone company'') and an additional antenna mast. The broadcast tower is a Type 11. Coordinates: * Lookout tower: 8°43'23" East, 49°27'11" North * Broadcast tower: 8°43'26" East, 49°27'15" North * Antenna mast: 8°43'17" East, 49°27'10" North

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The tower on the Weißer Stein
Image:FMT11 Dossenheim.jpg, Broadcast tower on Weißer Stein {{DEFAULTSORT:Weisser Stein Mountains and hills of Baden-Württemberg