Parent range Palatine Forest | Elevation 516 m | |
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Similar Weinbiet, Drachenfels, Hohe Loog, Haardt, Kalmit | ||
The Eckkopf is 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).
Map of Eckkopf, 67146 Deidesheim, Germany
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, visited the hill as part of his national hikes and was accompanied by the minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate, Bernhard Vogel.