Eckkopf

Eckkopf

The Eckkopf (centre), photographed from Deidesheim
Elevation 516 m above sea level (NN) (1,693 ft)
Location
Eckkopf

Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Range Palatine Forest
Coordinates 49°24′57″N 8°08′17″E / 49.41583°N 8.13806°ECoordinates: 49°24′57″N 8°08′17″E / 49.41583°N 8.13806°E

The Eckkopf ist a 516 metre-high hill in the Palatine Forest in the Germany state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies about 3 km west of the small Palatine town of Deidesheim in the Haardt, as the eastern edge of the Palatine Forest is called. It has a 25 metre high observation tower called the Eckkopf Tower (Eckkopfturm).

By the tower is an in, 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, visited the hill as part of his national hikes and was accompanied by the minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate, Bernhard Vogel.

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