After WW II, American troops transformed the 950 m hill to a watchtower in order to observe military activities behind the Iron Curtain a few kilometres away. Buildings on the top were fenced.
1994 the fourth and last radar station had been built, but nowadays its dome is empty. The fences are re-laid, a youth hostel with 200 beds moved into the former barracks.
Sailplanes use a long airfield east of the slopes, and model flyers share the wonderful slopes with hang glider and paraglider pilots. An attractive museum – biggest of its kind – had been built containing a huge collection of reconstructed sailplanes and of all kind of model aircraft [www.segelflugmuseum.de].
The radar dome marks the highest point of the Wasserkuppe, with the slope in front named “Baude”
View from Baude to the hillock named „Pferdskopf“ (Southwest)
[Download » Wasserkuppe Lageplan]
1994 the fourth and last radar station had been built, but nowadays its dome is empty. The fences are re-laid, a youth hostel with 200 beds moved into the former barracks.
Sailplanes use a long airfield east of the slopes, and model flyers share the wonderful slopes with hang glider and paraglider pilots. An attractive museum – biggest of its kind – had been built containing a huge collection of reconstructed sailplanes and of all kind of model aircraft [www.segelflugmuseum.de].
The radar dome marks the highest point of the Wasserkuppe, with the slope in front named “Baude”
View from Baude to the hillock named „Pferdskopf“ (Southwest)
[Download » Wasserkuppe Lageplan]
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