Loorenkopf tower is a high freestanding wood lattice tower on Adlisberg, north of Witikon in

Zürich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

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. It was built in 1954. The tower is owned by

city and it is open to the public. The tower is located within the forest at an altitude of . The upper platform is reached by 153 steps. On a clear day with high visibility, you can see

Eiger The Eiger () is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, just north of the main watershed and border with Valais. It is the easternmost peak of a ridge crest that extends ...

Mönch The Mönch (, German: "monk") at is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, in Switzerland. Together with the Eiger and the Jungfrau, it forms a highly recognisable group of mountains, visible from far away. The Mönch lies on the border between the ...

and Jungfrau. Adlisberg - Loorenchop IMG 4255

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