Aussichtsturm Rosentalhügel

Observation tower. See the city from above. Admission is free. You'll have to climb up stairs in the open and stand on a platform that may shake a bit in the wind.

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Getting there: follow Marienweg from Waldstraße, the hill with the tower is to the right after about 400 m; when you reach a small lake to your right you went too far
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