The Eckkopf is a hill in the
Palatine Forest in the German state of
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
. It lies about 3 km west of the small Palatine town of
Deidesheim
Deidesheim ( pfl, Daisem) is a town in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany with some 3,700 inhabitants.
The town lies in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration and since 1973 it has been the seat of the ''V ...
in the
Haardt, as the eastern edge of the Palatine Forest is called. It has a {{convert, 25, m, ft, adj=mid, -high
observation tower
An observation tower is a structure 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, an ...
called the
Eckkopf Tower (''Eckkopfturm'').
By the tower is an inn, which is open on most weekends during the year and on several public holidays. It is managed by the various voluntary organisations of the collective municipality of Deidesheim. The task is shared amongst the organisations by the municipality. Each organization has to pay a charge for the right to manage the inn that is used by the municipality for its maintenance.
On 27 February 1982 the federal president,
Karl Carstens
Karl Carstens (, 14 December 1914 – 30 May 1992) was a German politician. He served as the president of West Germany from 1979 to 1984.
Early life and education
Carstens was born in the City of Bremen, the son of a commercial school teacher, ...
, visited the hill as part of his national hikes and was accompanied by the minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate,
Bernhard Vogel.
External links
Tourist Service Deidesheim: ''Rundwanderweg'' Deidesheim–Michaelskapelle–
Heidenlöcher
''Heidenlöcher'' is a 1986 Austrian drama film directed by Wolfram Paulus. It was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.
Cast
* Florian Pircher as Santner
* Albert Paulus as Ruap
* Helmut Vogel as Jacek
* Matthias Aichho ...
–Eckkopf–Rotsteig–Deidesheim
Mountains and hills of Rhineland-Palatinate
Mountains and hills of the Palatinate Forest