The Hainigturm is a tower and tourist attraction in the Vogelsbergkeis, (Hesse

Hesse

Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...

, Germany

Germany

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). It is located between Lauterbach

Lauterbach, Hesse

Lauterbach is a town in the Vogelsbergkreis district of the federal state of Hesse in central Germany.-History:Lauterbach was founded between 400 and 800 AD. In 812 the town was mentioned for the first time in a document of the church in Schlitz. In the Middle Ages, Lauterbach belonged to the...

 and Angersbach

Angersbach

Old hessian family. Originally Angerspah, then Angersbach.All today living members of this family are perhaps descendants of the noble family von Angersbach.Meaning of the name is as follows:Anger = grass covered land / middle of a Germanic tribe settlement....

. The tower, which now consists of stones, used to be made completely out of wood. However the wood got rotten so the tower had to be rebuilt in 1907.

In 2007 the Lauterbach

Lauterbach, Hesse

Lauterbach is a town in the Vogelsbergkreis district of the federal state of Hesse in central Germany.-History:Lauterbach was founded between 400 and 800 AD. In 812 the town was mentioned for the first time in a document of the church in Schlitz. In the Middle Ages, Lauterbach belonged to the...

celebrated the 100th anniversary of the tower.